| Antifascism and Memory in East Germany: Remembering the International Brigades 1945-1989 Contributor(s): McLellan, Josie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199276269 ISBN-13: 9780199276264 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2004 Annotation: Anti-Fascism and Memory in East Germany is a book about remembering and about forgetting, about war, and about the peace which eventually followed. In the unlikely setting of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the Spanish Civil War became the subject of a debate which both predated and outlasted the Cold War, involving historians, veterans, politicians, censors, artists, writers, and Church activists. Examining these multiple memories and interpretations of Spain casts new and unexpected light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, and the relationship between history and memory under state socialism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
| Dewey: 324.243 |
| LCCN: 2005295723 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.01 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anti-Fascism and Memory in East Germany is a book about remembering and about forgetting, about war, and about the peace which eventually followed. In the unlikely setting of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the Spanish Civil War became the subject of a debate which both predated and outlasted the Cold War, involving historians, veterans, politicians, censors, artists, writers, and Church activists. Examining these multiple memories and interpretations of Spain casts new and unexpected light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, and the relationship between history and memory under state socialism. |
