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Tailoring Truth: Memory Politics and Historical Consciousness in East Germany, 1945-1990

Tailoring Truth: Memory Politics and Historical Consciousness in East Germany, 1945-1990

Olsen, Jon Berndt

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Contemporary European History, Book 15

General World HistoryGerman HistoryHistoriography

ISBN10: 1782385711
ISBN13: 9781782385714
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jan 1 2015
Pages: 276
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime's approach to memory politics was not stagnant, but rather evolved over time to meet different demands and potential threats to its legitimacy. Ultimately the party found it increasingly difficult to control the public portrayal of the past, and some dissidents were able to turn the party's memory politics against the state to challenge its claims of moral authority.

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