Demokratie, Nation, Belastung : Kollaboration und NS-Belastung als Nachkriegsdiskurs in Frankreich, Österreich und Westdeutschland /
How could postwar democracy exist without real "denazification"? A discourse-analytical comparison of West Germany, and France and Austria shows that the relationship between political burdens and transformation after World War II was more complex than it seems. In discourses about the bur...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | German |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2022]
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| Series: | Historische Zeitschrift. Beiheft ;
n.F., 80. |
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| Summary: | How could postwar democracy exist without real "denazification"? A discourse-analytical comparison of West Germany, and France and Austria shows that the relationship between political burdens and transformation after World War II was more complex than it seems. In discourses about the burdens of the Nazi regime and collaboration, it was less about individual guilt than it was about the future of democracy and easing the burden on the nation. |
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| Physical Description: | 186 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110763287 3110763281 |