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Record Nr.

UNISA996248021903316

Autore

Maier Charles S. <1939->

Titolo

The unmasterable past : history, holocaust, and German national identity / / Charles S. Maier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1988

ISBN

0-674-92975-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 227 p. )

Disciplina

940.53/15/03924

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography

Historians - Germany

Historians - Germany (West)

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography - Germany

Historians - Historiography

National socialism

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Germany

Germany History 20th century Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [175]-217.

Nota di contenuto

1. The stakes of the controversy -- 2. Habermas among the historians -- 3. A holocaust like the others? Problems of comparative history -- 4. German history as case history -- 5. A usable past? Museums, memory, and identity -- Epilogue: Whose holocaust? Whose history?

Sommario/riassunto

Amidst a Society seeking to forget the atrocities of the past, an ongoing debate rages as to the role that should be given to historical study of the Holocaust. Maier presents an objective study of German efforts to deal with ...

The tragic lessons of the past. for advanced students of the Holocaust and adult readers.