Experience and Memory: The Second World War in Europe

Published by Berghahn Books 2010

Experience and Memory

The Second World War in Europe

Edited by: Jörg Echternkamp and Stefan Martens

In the series Studies in Contemporary European History

Volume 7 in the series Contemporary European History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845459888

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Modern military history, inspired by social and cultural historical approaches, increasingly puts the national histories of the Second World War to the test. New questions and methods are focusing on aspects of war and violence that have long been neglected. What shaped people’s experiences and memories? What differences and what similarities existed in Eastern and Western Europe? How did the political framework influence the individual and the collective interpretations of the war? Finally, what are the benefits of Europeanizing the history of the Second World War? Experts from Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, and Russia discuss these and other questions in this comprehensive volume.

Author / Editor information

Jörg Echternkamp is a Senior Fellow of the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Potsdam, and co-editor of the journal Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Calgary in Canada, Visiting Scholar at the German Historical Institute in Paris, and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Paris I (Sorbonne- Panthéon) and Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg. His major publications include Der Aufstieg des deutschen Nationalismus 1770–1840 (1998), Nach dem Krieg (2003), Kriegsschauplatz Deutschland 1945 (2006) and Germany and the Second World War: German Wartime Society 1939–1945, vols IX/1–2 (2008–2011, ed.).

Stefan Martens is Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute, Paris and coeditor of the journal Francia – Forschungen zur westeuropäischen Geschichte. He has been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Paris I (Sorbonne-Panthéon) and the Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris. His major publications include Görings Reich. Selbstinszenierung in Carinhall (2009, with Volker Knopf); Frankreich und Belgien unter deutscher Besatzung 1940–1944. Die Bestände des Bundesarchiv-Militärarchivs in Freiburg (2002, with Sebastian Remus); Occupation et répression militaire allemandes 1939–1945: La politique de maintien de l’ordre en Europe occupée (2007, with Gaël Eismann).

Jörg Echternkamp is a Senior Fellow of the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Potsdam, and co-editor of the journal Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Calgary in Canada, Visiting Scholar at the German Historical Institute in Paris, and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Paris I (Sorbonne- Panthéon) and Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg. His major publications include Der Aufstieg des deutschen Nationalismus 1770–1840 (1998), Nach dem Krieg (2003), Kriegsschauplatz Deutschland 1945 (2006) and Germany and the Second World War: German Wartime Society 1939–1945, vols IX/1–2 (2008–2011, ed.).

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CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2011

“This stimulating, wide-ranging collection deftly combines national and European perspectives, which makes it especially valuable for the study of the post-Cold War era and the new Europe. Historians of memory in particular will find it useful, but so will others interested more generally in postwar European history. Highly recommended.” · Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Chapter 1 A New Perspective on the War Henry Rousso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 Conceptualizing the Occupations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (1933–1944) Benoît Majerus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Chapter 3 The Role of the War in National Societies: The Examples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands Chantal Kesteloot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 4 Myths and Realities of the “People’s War” in Britain John Ramsden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Chapter 5 “We Can Take It!” Britain and the Memory of the Home Front in the Second World War Mark Connelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 6 Experience and Memory: The Second World War in Poland Piotr Madajczyk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Chapter 7 Remembering and Researching the War: The Soviet and Russian Experience Sergei Kudryashov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Chapter 8 Bombing and Land War in Italy: Military Strategy, Reactions, and Collective Memory Gabriella Gribaudi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Chapter 9 Italy as Occupier in the Balkans: Remembrance and War Crimes after 1945 Filippo Focardi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 10 Brest under Bombardment (1940–1944): Being in War Pierre Le Goïc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 11 Experiences of War, Memories of War, and Political Behavior: The Example of the French Communist Party Philippe Buton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Chapter 12 The Air War, the Public, and Cycles of Memory Dietmar Süß Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Chapter 13 The Long Shadows of the Second World War: The Impact of Experiences and Memories of War on West German Society Axel Schildt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Chapter 14 The War in Postwar Society: The Role of the Second World War in Public and Private Spheres in the Soviet Occupation Zone and Early GDR Dorothee Wierling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Chapter 15 Violence and Victimhood: Looking Back at the World Wars in Europe Richard Bessel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Chapter 16 The Meanings of the Second World War in Contemporary European History Jörg Echternkamp and Stefan Martens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Index of Places Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 332
Keywords: History: World War II; Memory Studies

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Published: December 1, 2010
ISBN: 9781845459888