Monument(s) to Freedom and Unity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3612352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Berndt Olsen (University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 111-131 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-0300 • E-ISSN: 1558-5441 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/gps.2019.370308 |
| OpenAlex | W3016695936 |
| Language | EN |
This paper explores the memorial projects in Berlin and Leipzig, Germany, to commemorate the fall of communism and the reunification of Germany. While neither memorial has yet been completed, the debates reveal a great deal of tension between the memorial preferences of ordinary citizens and those of the elected political elite. Further, the debates illustrate the emergence in a large segment of society of a desire to balance the memories of Germany's darker past with positive memories of its accomplishments
Berlin wall · Communism · Economic history · Elite · Fall of man · German · German reunification · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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