{"product_id":"after-auschwitz-the-difficult-legacies-of-the-gdr-9781789208528","title":"After Auschwitz: The Difficult Legacies of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“It is a combination of the expertise of academics and professional practitioners, enhanced by personal insights, that make this volume unique and especially intriguing.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the German edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The anthology unites interdisciplinary, multi-perspectival contributions … [and] invites a new reading of GDR history.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sehepunkte\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tNew Perspectives on the German Democratic Republic: A Plea for a Paradigm Shift\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEnrico Heitzer, Martin Jander, Anetta Kahane, and Patrice G. Poutrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: German Democratic Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Loyalty Trap: Wolfgang Steinitz and the Generation of GDR–Founding Fathers and Mothers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnette Leo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Effects of a Taboo: Jews and Antisemitism in the GDR\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnetta Kahane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Divided City – Shared Memory? Dealing with the Nazi Past in East and West Berlin from 1948 to 1961\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGerd Kühling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The GDR and Opposition from the Right: A Plea for Broader Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEnrico Heitzer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKlaus Bästlein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Might Through Morality? Some Comments on Antifascism in the GDR\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristoph Classen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Toward a Sociology of Intelligence Agents: The GDR Foreign Intelligence Service as an Example\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHelmut Müller Enbergs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e At War with Israel: Anti-Zionism in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeffrey Herf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Holocaust Lite? Fiction in Works by Christa Wolf and Fred Wander\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAgnes Mueller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Stigma of “Asociality” in the GDR: Reconstructing the Language of Marginalization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatharina Lenski\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lesbians and Gays in the German Democratic Republic: Self-Organizing, Politics of Remembrance, Discrimination, and Public Silencing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristiane Leidinger and Heike Radvan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Have We Learned the “Right” Lessons from History? Antiziganism and the GDR’s Dealings with Sinti and Roma\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIngrid Bettwieser and Tobias von Borcke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e The GDR People’s Chamber Declaration of 12 April 1990: Ending the “Universalization” of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartin Jander\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Federal Republic of Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Understanding Silence: An Ongoing Search for People, Things, and Connections Not Really Unknown\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRegina Scheer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e “A Reassessment of European History?” Developments, Trends, and Problems of a Culture of Remembrance in Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGünter Morsch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e Analogies and Imbalances: The Effects of Memorial Site Policies on Dealing with Places from the GDR Past on NS Reappraisal\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCarola Rudnick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the Ideological Repudiation of Culpability to Ethnocentric Propaganda\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnetta Kahane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Book and the Audience: Comments on the Reception of Undeclared Wars with Israel in Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeffrey Herf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e Another Past that Lives On: My Trying Journey from Contemporary Witness to Contemporary Historian\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrice Poutrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 20.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nonconformity in a German Postwar Society: Questions for GDR and Transformation Studies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRaiko Hannemann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 21.\u003c\/strong\u003e Monumental Problems: Freedom and Unity Come to Berlin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDaniela Blei\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042566144343,"sku":"9781789208528","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789208528.jpg?v=1750954667","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-auschwitz-the-difficult-legacies-of-the-gdr-9781789208528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}