ISBN: 9780739139431

Germans often claim that "we have learned the lessons of our history." But what, precisely, are the lessons they have drawn from their Nazi-era past? What experiences from that time conti… Plus…

Germans often claim that "we have learned the lessons of our history." But what, precisely, are the lessons they have drawn from their Nazi-era past? What experiences from that time continue to hold significant meaning for Germans today, and how have those experiences shaped postwar German cultural identity? Though Germans have come to recognize the evils of Nazism, for them, its primary evil derived from the war it unleashed and the hardships, death, and destruction that the war wrought on the Germans themselves, and less from the losses and suffering it caused others. Recent public discussion about the Allied bombing campaign against Germany, the expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe, and other German experiences during and following the Second World War have revealed what some see as an emerging tendency among Germans to perceive themselves as much the victims of wartime acts as other peoples. Through a survey of postwar literature, film, and other popular media, as well as public commemorations and other means of memorializing and discussing the past, K. Michael Prince demonstrates that the theme of German suffering has been an abiding and even overriding element of postwar German historical memory and a chief component of German cultural identity. While academics have focused their attention on Nazism, atrocity and genocide, and while Germany''s official ceremonies and other acts of public memory have been similarly directed, it was the wartime sufferings of average Germans that have remained at the core of German historical consciousness, influencing their attitudes toward war in general and shaping Germany''s role in world affairs. Books > History > European History > Central European History > German History List_Books, [PU: Lexington Books]<

ISBN: 9780739139431

Germans often claim that 'we have learned the lessons of our history.' But what, precisely, are the lessons they have drawn from their Nazi-era past? What experiences from that time conti… Plus…

Germans often claim that 'we have learned the lessons of our history.' But what, precisely, are the lessons they have drawn from their Nazi-era past? What experiences from that time continue to hold significant meaning for Germans today, and how have those experiences shaped postwar German cultural identity? Though Germans have come to recognize the evils of Nazism, for them, its primary evil derived from the war it unleashed and the hardships, death, and destruction that the war wrought on the Germans themselves, and less from the losses and suffering it caused others. Recent public discussion about the Allied bombing campaign against Germany, the expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe, and other German experiences during and following the Second World War have revealed what some see as an emerging tendency among Germans to perceive themselves as much the victims of wartime acts as other peoples. Through a survey of postwar literature, film, and other popular media, as well as public commemorations and other means of memorializing and discussing the past, K. Michael Prince demonstrates that the theme of German suffering has been an abiding and even overriding element of postwar German historical memory and a chief component of German cultural identity. While academics have focused their attention on Nazism, atrocity and genocide, and while Germany's official ceremonies and other acts of public memory have been similarly directed, it was the wartime sufferings of average Germans that have remained at the core of German historical consciousness, influencing their attitudes toward war in general and shaping Germany's role in world affairs. Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher 235 x 157 x 14 mm , Lexington Books, K. Michael Prince, Lexington Books, hael<

ISBN: 9780739139431

Hardback, [PU: Lexington Books], German memories of the experience of the Second World War have been central in shaping that country's postwar historical consciousness and cultural identi… Plus…

Hardback, [PU: Lexington Books], German memories of the experience of the Second World War have been central in shaping that country's postwar historical consciousness and cultural identity. This book explores how the sufferings of average Germans in war has been and remains the dominant narrative in German h..., European History<

2009, ISBN: 0739139436

Gebundene Ausgabe HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Deutschland, Also of Interest, European History, Russian and East European Studies, World History, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Lexington Books]

2009, ISBN: 0739139436

Gebundene Ausgabe Deutschland, Also of Interest, European History, Russian and East European Studies, World History, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Lexington Books]