Antifascism and memory in East Germany : remembering the International Brigades, 1945-1989 / / Josie McLellan

• Autore: McLellan Josie
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 324.2431075
• Soggetto topico: Anti-fascist movements - Germany (East) - History; Memory - Social aspects - Germany (East)
• Soggetto geografico: Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Foreign public opinion, German; Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Participation, Foreign
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-223) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Odyssey of the German Volunteers; 2. Strangers in a Strange Land: The Spanienkämpfer in East Germany; 3. The Uses of History: The Party Appropriates Spain; 4. Reluctant Heroes: Veterans and the State Contest the Meaning of the War; 5. Heroes Like Us? The Second Generation Rediscovers the Volunteers; 6. Undiplomatic Statements: Censoring Spain; 7. Stalinism and Silence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany sheds new light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, the way in which societies remember, and the nature of state socialism. It combines cultural, social, and political history to examine the ways in which the legacy of the International Brigades was commemorated in the German Democratic Republic. -AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany is a book about remembering and about forgetting, about war, and about the peace which eventually followed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Antifascism and memory in East Germany
• ISBN: 1-383-04196-2; 1-280-84402-7; 0-19-151533-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784720603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford historical monographs.