LEADER 03077nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910493710003321 005 20170810191423.0 010 $a1-282-62669-8 010 $a9786612626692 010 $a0-85745-017-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012118 035 $a(EBL)544337 035 $a(OCoLC)645100887 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432160 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12111489 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432160 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10494030 035 $a(PQKB)11028851 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544337 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012118 100 $a20080613d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlaying politics with history$b[electronic resource] $ethe Bundestag inquiries into East Germany /$fAndrew H. Beattie 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York, N.Y. $cBerghahn Books$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in contemporary European history ;$vv. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84545-533-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-279) and index. 327 $aTitle 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; Index 330 $aAfter Germany's reunification in 1989-90, the country faced not only the history and consequences of the nation's division during the Cold War but also the continuing burdensome legacy of the Nazi past and the Holocaust. This book explains why concerns that the Nazi past would be marginalized by the more recent Communist past proved to be misplaced. It examines the delicate East-West dynamics and the notion that the West sought to impose "victor's justice" (or history) on the East. More specifically, it examines, for the first time, the history and significance of two parliamentary commissions 410 0$aStudies in contemporary European history ;$vv. 4. 606 $aGovernmental investigations$zGermany (East) 606 $aGovernmental investigations$zGermany 606 $aPolitical culture$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1990- 607 $aGermany (East)$xPolitics and government$y1989-1990 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGovernmental investigations 615 0$aGovernmental investigations 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a943.1087 700 $aBeattie$b Andrew$01037913 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910493710003321 996 $aPlaying politics with history$92459169 997 $aUNINA