Returning memories: former prisoners of war in divided and reunited Germany

Millions of former German soldiers (known as Heimkehrer, literally "homecomers," or returnees) returned from captivity as prisoners of war at the end of the Second World War, an experience that had profound effects on German society and touched almost every German family. Based on extensiv...

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1. Verfasser: Wienand, Christiane 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Rochester, New York Camden House 2015
Schriftenreihe:German history in context
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Zusammenfassung:Millions of former German soldiers (known as Heimkehrer, literally "homecomers," or returnees) returned from captivity as prisoners of war at the end of the Second World War, an experience that had profound effects on German society and touched almost every German family. Based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis ofthe history of the German returnees, explored as a history of memory, both during Germany's division and after unification. At its core lies the question of how the experiences of war captivity were transformed into individual and collective memories. The book argues that memory of the experience of captivity and return is complex and multilayered and has been shaped by postwar political and social frameworks. Christiane Wienand is a Research Fellow on the AHRC-funded research project "Reverberations of War: Communities of Experience and Identification in Germany and Europe since 1945." She holds a PhD in History from University College London
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Introduction: writing the history of returnees -- Depicting returnees: contested media representations in East and West Germany -- Negotiating victim status: the presence of the past in compensation debates -- Giving meaning to the past: narratives of transformation and conversion -- Interacting with the past: memory projects of returnees -- Epilogue: transmitting memories: shaping postwar presents
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 346 Seiten)
ISBN:9781782045304
DOI:10.1017/9781782045304

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