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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953766703321

Autore

Sharples Caroline <1979-, >

Titolo

West Germans and the Nazi legacy / / Caroline Sharples

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

9786613458698

9781136472060

1136472061

9781283458696

1283458691

9781136472077

113647207X

9780203129104

0203129105

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in modern European history ; ; 16

Classificazione

NQ 6010

Disciplina

943.087

Soggetti

War crime trials - Germany (West)

War crime trials - Social aspects - Germany (West)

Memory - Social - Germany (West)

National socialism - Social aspects

Public opinion - Germany (West)

Germany (West) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The victors and the vanquished -- "The murderers among us" -- Recalling resistance -- Eichmann : a nation on trial? -- One of us -- Draw a line?

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes a new history of the complex memory cultures that persisted within post-war West Germany, examining the attitudes of ordinary people to the second wave of Nazi war crimes trials ushered in during the 1960s. It explores responses to the prospect of continuing investigations, the reception afforded to the defendants, and the sheer resonance that such proceedings could generate within a



local community. Drawing upon case studies from across the Federal Republic, it bridges a gap between the current historiography and localised memory studies, and analyses of war crimes tr