Yoder, Jennifer A.

World War II Memory and Contested Commemorations in Europe and Russia. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (241 pages)

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1 Introduction to the Politicization of World War II in Europe and Russia: Actors and Strategies in Recent Memory Wars -- 2 Right-Wing Challenges to Cosmopolitan Memory in Western Europe -- 3 Restoration of Fallen Soldiers to the Pantheon of National Heroes: Commemorations in Eastern Europe -- 4 August 23, 1939: From a Non-Event to a Russian Weapon against Poland (and the West) -- 5 Commemoration of Victory Day: The Many Meanings of the War's End -- 6 The Present Meanings of the Wartime Past -- References -- Index.

Instrumentalization of the wartime past for political gain is the subject of this study of eleven World War II commemorations.

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Zweiter Weltkrieg
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Geschichtspolitik


Westeuropa
Osteuropa
Russland

World War, 1939-1945-Monuments-Europe. World War, 1939-1945-Europe-Anniversaries, etc.


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