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War and Memory in 20th-Century Europe outlines how and where the memory of 20th-century European conflict is located in contemporary society. Through an analysis of the collective memory of various conflicts, it demonstrates that knowledge of how different societies and cultures remember their experience of war is crucial to understanding the history of 20th-century Europe. The book begins by examining the definition of cultural memory and the key theories and methodologies involved in its study, before going on to examine key case studies in the memory of conflict, including: - The First World War and the Armenian Genocide - The Russian Revolution and Successor States in Eastern Europe- The Spanish Civil War - The Second World War- Occupation and the Holocaust in France and Poland - The End of the Cold War and Communism - The Yugoslav Wars The book provides a history of memory and a focus on memory spaces and memory practices following conflict, looking in particular at how memory has emerged in public discourse and spaces such as public parks, museums, and memorial sites. Every chapter involves a comparative element, exploring the similarities and differences in terms of how memory operates within different societies. Readers are supported throughout with illustrations and detailed further reading suggestions.
Contents
Introduction1. Studying the Cultural Memory of War: Theory and Practice 2. Local, National and International Memory of the First World War and the Armenian Genocide 3. The Bolshevik Revolution, Communism and Successor States after the First World War: Memory and Identity in Interwar Europe 4. Victors' Memory, Forgetting and Recovery: Civil War Memory in Spain 5. Germany, Nazism , Collaboration and the Holocaust: The History of the Second World War in Europe 6. Dealing with Nazism in Germany7. War Memory in France and Poland8. Finding the Holocaust and Jewish History in Contemporary Europe9. The Memory of Communism and Conflict in Eastern Europe10. War, Violence and Memory Return: The Collapse of Yugoslavia and the War in BosniaConclusion
