Overview

From the moment of its inception, the East German state sought to cast itself as a clean break from the horrors of National Socialism. Nonetheless, the precipitous rise of xenophobic, far-right parties across the present-day German East is only the latest evidence that the GDR's legacy cannot be understood in isolation from the Nazi era nor the political upheavals of today. This provocative collection reflects on the heretofore ignored or repressed aspects of German mainstream society-including right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism and racism-to call for an ambitious renewal of historical research and political education to place East Germany in its proper historical context.

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Author:   Enrico Heitzer ,  Anetta Kahane ,  Martin Jander ,  Patrice G. Poutrus
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781789208528

ISBN 10:   1789208521
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   14 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

New Perspectives on the German Democratic Republic: A Plea for a Paradigm Shift Enrico Heitzer, Martin Jander, Anetta Kahane, and Patrice G. Poutrus Part I: German Democratic Republic Chapter 1. The Loyalty Trap: Wolfgang Steinitz and the Generation of GDR-Founding Fathers and Mothers Anette Leo Chapter 2. The Effects of a Taboo: Jews and Antisemitism in the GDR Anetta Kahane Chapter 3. Divided City - Shared Memory? Dealing with the Nazi Past in East and West Berlin from 1948 to 1961 Gerd Kuhling Chapter 4. The GDR and Opposition from the Right: A Plea for Broader Perspectives Enrico Heitzer Chapter 5. The GDR's Judgment against Hans Globke: On the Conviction of the Nazi Lawyer and Head of the Federal Chancellery under Konrad Adenauer by the GDR's Supreme Court in the Summer of 1963 Klaus Bastlein Chapter 6. Might Through Morality? Some Comments on Antifascism in the GDR Christoph Classen Chapter 7. Toward a Sociology of Intelligence Agents: The GDR Foreign Intelligence Service as an Example Helmut Muller Enbergs Chapter 8. At War with Israel: Anti-Zionism in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s Jeffrey Herf Chapter 9. Holocaust Lite? Fiction in Works by Christa Wolf and Fred Wander Agnes Mueller Chapter 10. The Stigma of Asociality in the GDR: Reconstructing the Language of Marginalization Katharina Lenski Chapter 11. Lesbians and Gays in the German Democratic Republic: Self-Organizing, Politics of Remembrance, Discrimination, and Public Silencing Christiane Leidinger and Heike Radvan Chapter 12. Have We Learned the Right Lessons from History? Antiziganism and the GDR's Dealings with Sinti and Roma Ingrid Bettwieser and Tobias von Borcke Chapter 13. The GDR People's Chamber Declaration of 12 April 1990: Ending the Universalization of the Holocaust Martin Jander Part II: Federal Republic of Germany Chapter 14. Understanding Silence: An Ongoing Search for People, Things, and Connections Not Really Unknown Regina Scheer Chapter 15. A Reassessment of European History? Developments, Trends, and Problems of a Culture of Remembrance in Europe Gunter Morsch Chapter 16. Analogies and Imbalances: The Effects of Memorial Site Policies on Dealing with Places from the GDR Past on NS Reappraisal Carola Rudnick Chapter 17. From the Ideological Repudiation of Culpability to Ethnocentric Propaganda Anetta Kahane Chapter 18. The Book and the Audience: Comments on the Reception of Undeclared Wars with Israel in Germany Jeffrey Herf Chapter 19. Another Past that Lives On: My Trying Journey from Contemporary Witness to Contemporary Historian Patrice Poutrus Chapter 20. Nonconformity in a German Postwar Society: Questions for GDR and Transformation Studies Raiko Hannemann Chapter 21. Monumental Problems: Freedom and Unity Come to Berlin Daniela Blei

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It is a combination of the expertise of academics and professional practitioners, enhanced by personal insights, that make this volume unique and especially intriguing. * Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs Praise for the German edition: The anthology unites interdisciplinary, multi-perspectival contributions ... [and] invites a new reading of GDR history. * Sehepunkte

Praise for the German edition: The anthology unites interdisciplinary, multi-perspectival contributions ... [and] invites a new reading of GDR history. Sehepunkte

Praise for the German edition: The anthology unites interdisciplinary, multi-perspectival contributions ... [and] invites a new reading of GDR history. * Sehepunkte

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Enrico Heitzer is a research assistant at the Sachsenhausen Museum and Memorial / Brandenburg Memorials Foundation

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