When will we talk about Hitler? : German students and the Nazi past /

For more than half a century, discourses on the Nazi past have powerfully shaped German social and cultural policy. Specifically, an institutional determination not to forget has expressed a 'duty of remembrance' through commemorative activities and educational curricula. But as the horror...

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Main Author: Oeser, Alexandra (Author)
Other Authors: Throssell, Katharine (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2019.
Edition:English-language edition.
Series:Worlds of memory ; volume 1
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Summary:For more than half a century, discourses on the Nazi past have powerfully shaped German social and cultural policy. Specifically, an institutional determination not to forget has expressed a 'duty of remembrance' through commemorative activities and educational curricula. But as the horrors of the Third Reich retreat ever further from living memory, what do new generations of Germans actually think about this past? Combining observation, interviews and archival research, this book provides a rich survey of the perspectives and experiences of German adolescents from diverse backgrounds, revealing the extent to which social, economic and cultural factors have conditioned how they view representations of Germany's complex history.
Item Description:"Originally published by Maison des Sciences de l'Homme as Enseigner Hitler: Les adolescents face au passe nazi en Allemagne in 2010"--Title verso.
Physical Description:xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-381) and index.
ISBN:9781789202861
1789202868