Bonner, Recalling the past - (Re)constructing the past - Collective and Individual Memory of World War II in Russia and Germany

Major changes during the 1980s in the cultural and political orders in Russianan German societies had a strong impact on the re-evaluation of World War II as one of the most traumatic events in the history of both countries. As a consequence it has become possible to discuss subjects once forbidden and "forgotten". One of the main concerns of this multi- and interdisciplinary volume is to examine the fractures, interactions and intersections of private and collective memories in Germany and...