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Remnants of Wehrmacht soldiers : burial and commemoration practices of German soldiers of the second World War in Russia and Europe, 1941-2023 /

"Today, fallen soldiers of the Second World War find their resting places across the globe. While many nations openly honor their military, Germany maintains a more reserved approach to its war dead. During the war, fallen soldiers were hailed as heroes, but after 1945, the treatment of the dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janz, Nina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang, [2024]
Series:Studies in contemporary history (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; v. 10.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Repatriation of war dead > Germany.
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of > Germany > History.
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge.
War cemeteries > Germany.
War cemeteries > Russia (Federation)
Sépultures militaires > Allemagne > Histoire.
Cimetières militaires > Allemagne.

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