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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wienand, Christiane (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2015.
Series:German history in context.
Subjects:
Ex-prisoners of war > Germany > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > Germany.
Germany > History > 1945-1990.
Germany > History > 1990-
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons.
World War (1939-1945)
Collective memory.
Ex-prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war.
Germany.
Since 1900
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.