Memorializing the GDR

Monuments and Memory after 1989

Nonfiction, History, Germany, Modern, 20th Century
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Author: Anna Saunders ISBN: 9781785336812
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: May 23, 2018
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author: Anna Saunders
ISBN: 9781785336812
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: May 23, 2018
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of this contested arena of public memory, investigating the individuals and groups devoted to the creation or destruction of memorials as well as their broader aesthetic, political, and historical contexts. Emphasizing the interrelationship of built environment, memory and identity, it brings to light the conflicting memories of recent German history, as well as the nuances of national and regional constructions of identity.

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Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of this contested arena of public memory, investigating the individuals and groups devoted to the creation or destruction of memorials as well as their broader aesthetic, political, and historical contexts. Emphasizing the interrelationship of built environment, memory and identity, it brings to light the conflicting memories of recent German history, as well as the nuances of national and regional constructions of identity.

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