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Playing politics with history : the Bundestag inquiries into East Germany /
This book explains why concerns that the Nazi past would be marginalized by the more recent Communist past proved to be misplaced. It examines the delicate East-West dynamics and the notion that the West sought to impose "victor's justice" (or history) on the East.
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Berghahn Books,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Studies in contemporary European history ;
v. 4 |
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008026631.html http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24968 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Establishing the commission of inquiry; Chapter 2. The inquiries at work; Chapter 3. The SED's dictatorship from the beginning; Chapter 4. Implementing and resisting socialism in the GDR; Chapter 5. Vergangenheitsbewältigung : good and bad; Chapter 6. The double totalitarian past Conclusion: Appendixes; Bibliography; Index