03128nam 2200649 a 450 991082607740332120200520144314.01-282-62669-897866126266920-85745-017-410.1515/9780857450173(CKB)2560000000012118(EBL)544337(OCoLC)645100887(SSID)ssj0000432160(PQKBManifestationID)12111489(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432160(PQKBWorkID)10494030(PQKB)11028851(MiAaPQ)EBC544337(DE-B1597)636895(DE-B1597)9780857450173(EXLCZ)99256000000001211820080613d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlaying politics with history the Bundestag inquiries into East Germany /Andrew H. Beattie1st ed.New York, N.Y. Berghahn Books20081 online resource (306 p.)Studies in contemporary European history ;v. 4Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-533-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-279) and index.Title page-Playing Politics with History; Contents; Preface; List of 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-Vergangenheitsbewaltigung Good and Bad; Chapter 6-The Double Totalitarian Past; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; IndexAfter Germany's reunification in 1989-90, the country faced not only the history and consequences of the nation's division during the Cold War but also the continuing burdensome legacy of the Nazi past and the Holocaust. 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. More specifically, it examines, for the first time, the history and significance of two parliamentary commissionsStudies in contemporary European history ;v. 4.Governmental investigationsGermany (East)Governmental investigationsGermanyPolitical cultureGermanyHistory20th centuryGermanyPolitics and government1990-Germany (East)Politics and government1989-1990Governmental investigationsGovernmental investigationsPolitical cultureHistory943/.1087Beattie Andrew1645572MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826077403321Playing politics with history3992118UNINA