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Author Olsen, Jon Berndt

Title Tailoring truth : politicizing the past and negotiating memory in East Germany, 1945-1990 / Jon Berndt Olsen
Published New York : Berghahn, ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Studies in contemporary European history ; volume 15
Studies in contemporary European history ; 15.
Contents Mobilizing memory in the Soviet occupation zone -- The politics of state memory -- Emotional bonds -- Broadening the historical roots of the state narrative -- The erosion of state memory culture in the GDR
Summary "By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime's approach to memory politics was not stagnant, but rather evolved over time to meet different demands and potential threats to its legitimacy. Ultimately the party found it increasingly difficult to control the public portrayal of the past, and some dissidents were able to turn the party's memory politics against the state to challenge its claims of moral authority"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands -- History
SUBJECT Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands fast
Subject Collective memory -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History
Memorialization -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History
Historiography -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History
Historical museums -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History
Political culture -- Germany (East) -- History
Social control -- Germany (East) -- History
HISTORY -- Study & Teaching.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Historiography
Historiography -- Political aspects
Political culture
Politics and government
Social conditions
Social control
SUBJECT Germany (East) -- Historiography
Germany (East) -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90002752
Germany (East) -- Social conditions
Subject Germany (East)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1322950784
9781322950785
9781782385721
178238572X
9781782385714
1782385711