Postwar Germany and the Holocaust

Sharples, Caroline (2015) Postwar Germany and the Holocaust. Perspectives on the Holocaust . Bloomsbury Publishing, London & New York. ISBN 978-1-4725-0581-1

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Abstract

Focussing on German responses to the Holocaust since 1945, Postwar Germany and the Holocaust traces the process of Vergangenheitsbewaeltigung ('overcoming the past'), the persistance of silences, evasions and popular mythologies with regards to the Nazi era, and cultural representations of the Holocaust up to the present day. It explores the complexities of German memory cultures, the construction of war and Holocaust memorials and the various political debates and scandals surrounding the darkest chapter in German history. The book comparatively maps out the legacy of the Holocaust in both East and West Germany, as well as the unified Germany that followed, to engender a consideration of the effects of division, Cold War politics and reunification on German undertanding of the Holocaust. Synthesizing key historiographical debates and drawing upon a variety of primary source materials, this volume is an important exploration of Germany's postwar relationship with the Holocaust.

Contents

Section title
Section author
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Introduction: Germany and the Holocaust
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1
Confronting the Holocaust 1945-9
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11
'Victims of Fascism': Narratives of German Suffering since 1945
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29
Acknowledging Suffering: Recalling the Victims of Nazi Racial Persecution since 1945
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49
The Pursuit of Justice
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69
The German Churches and the Holocaust
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85
Memorializing the Holocaust
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105
The Holocaust on Screen: Representations of the Nazi Genocide in German Film and on German Television
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127
Holocaust Education in Germany
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147
Conclusion: How the Holocaust Looks Today
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165

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