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1 online resource (439 pages) |
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On the boundary of two worlds: identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ; 27 |
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On the boundary of two worlds ; 27.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Remembrance Cultures of World War II and the Politics of Recognition in Post-Soviet Estonia: Biographical Perspectives; Estonians in World War II. A Chronology; Part I 'Our Lives Would Soon Be Turned Upside Down': Soldiers' Wars, Veterans' Memories; My Biography: Memoirs of Childhood, Study Years, Territorial Defence Army and War, German Prison Camp and Time Spent in the Soviet Prison Camp; Between the Cogweels: Victimized by the Course of History; My Life in the Twist of History; Hope of Staying Alive |
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Wonders of LivingBorn Under a Lucky Star; My Youth in the Turn of History; An Islander's Life Story, Along with Interesting Things that Happened to Him; Part II Trajectories and Meanings: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biographical War Experience; Aleksander Loog -- Searching for One's Way: The Opportunities and Choices of Estonian Men during the Political Changes of the 1940s; Boris Raag -- Hope of Staying Alive: Survival Strategies of a Soviet Soldier; The Estonian-Minded Person in Soviet Reality: Double Mental Standards in Ailo Ehamaa's Life History |
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How to Remember? The Social Framework of Reinhold Mirk's Reminiscences of WarThe Lucky Star and Discernment: The Positioning of the Self and War in the Life Story of Lembitu Varblane; Boris Takk -- The Ambiguity of War in a Post-Soviet Life Story; When is the War Over? Ylo-Vesse Velvelt's Life Story and Surviving the 'Czech Hell'; Heinrich Uustalu -- Between the Cogwheels: Stigmatised Family Relations in the Life Story of a Repressed Man; Notes on Contributors; Authors Index; Word Index |
| Summary |
Soldiers of Memory explores the complexities and ambiguities of World War II experience from the Estonian veterans' point of view. Since the end of World War II, contesting veteran cultures have developed on the basis of different war experiences and search for recognition in the public arena of history. The book reflects on this process by combining witness accounts with their critical analysis from the aspect of post-Soviet remembrance culture and politics. The first part of the book examines the persistent remembrance of World War II. Eight life stories of Estonian men are presented, reveal |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Russian
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History.
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History
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history (discipline)
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History
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Politics and government
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Estonia -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044975
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Estonia -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044973
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Estonia -- Politics and government -- 1940-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044979
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Estonia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789042032446 |
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9042032448 |
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