Austria's repressed guilt in theory and practice: personal encounters
TitleAustria's repressed guilt in theory and practice: personal encounters
Author
Call number940.5318/0593
Object number11617b
Place of publicationLeiden, Netherlands
PublisherBrill
Year of publication
2021
Physical descriptionpp 25-39
MaterialBook
NotesArticle from the book 'Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, Austria, Italy and Israel : "vergangenheitsbewältigung" as a historical quest' pp 25-39
Description
Discusses the reactions of contemporary Austrians' repressed political guilt. The defensive reactions support the thesis that Austrians have failed to work through their National Socialist past and have repressed guilt pertaining to the horrors of the crimes committed by their state and their forebears.