Truth without reconciliation
An appraisal of the enquete commission on the SED dictatorship in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6262691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer A Yoder (Colby College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 59-80 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644009908404568 |
| OpenAlex | W2090319407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
One of the many difficult decisions confronting countries in transition is whether and how to reckon with the undemocratic past. Among post‐communist cases, transition justice has been pursued most vigorously in Germany. In this case, the accession of the GDR to the FRG in 1990 provided institutional, personnel and financial advantages. One of the tools for reckoning with the past has been the Investigatory Commission on the Working‐Through of the History and Consequences of the SED Dictatorship in Germany. This article examines the aims, structure and outcomes of the commission and considers its contribution to promoting inner unity in the new Germany
Accession · Commission · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic Justice · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Transitional justice · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · Law · Public Administration
The Unease of History
Performances of Injustice
“Simply a Little Piece of GDR History”
On the Necessity for and the Limits of Political Apologies in Post-1989 Eastern Germany
Memory and the Holocaust
Bordering the GDR
Grand national narratives and the project of truth commissions
The doping of athletes in the former East Germany
Dissolution
Children of a Lesser God
Dealing with the communist past
Justice after Transition
Reckoning with Past Wrongs
Fifteen Truth Commissions--1974 to 1994
The communist torturers of Eastern Europe
TheMauerschützenprozesseand the principle ofnullum crimen sine lege
Overcoming the Legacies of Dictatorship
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2023 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |