The Allied air war and urban memory the legacy of strategic bombing in Germany
The cultural legacy of the air war on Germany is explored in this comparative study of two bombed cities from different sides of the subsequently divided nation. Contrary to what is often assumed, Allied bombing left a lasting imprint on German society, spawning vibrant memory cultures that can be t...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Series: | Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: a poem and an image
- 1. From experience to memory: the emergence of Lieux de mémoire, 1943-1947
- Part I. Commemorating Death: 2. 'Soldiers of the Heimat': commemorating the dead, 1940-1945; 3. 'In quiet memory'?: post-war memory cultures, 1945-1979; 4. The return of the dead: the renaissance of commemoration, 1979-1995
- Part II. Confronting Destruction: 5. 'What we have lost': framing urban destruction, 1940-1960; 6. From celebration to lamentation: dealing with the legacy of the air war, 1960-1995
- Part III. Writing Histories: 7. Reconstructing the 'night of horror': local histories of allied bombing, 1940-1970; 8. The 'greatest event in municipal history': local research as antiquarian endeavor, 1970-1995
- Conclusion