Stigma and sacrifice in the Federal Republic of Germany.
TitleStigma and sacrifice in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Author
Call numberP943.087/002
Object number07114
Place of publicationBloomington, Indiana, United States
PublisherIndiana University Press
Year of publication
2007
MaterialLoose-leaf
NotesArticle from the journal History & Memory, Volume 19, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2007, pp. 139-180
Description
This article argues that the guilt/shame couplet so common both in public German and academic discourses about postwar Germany cannot account for the intergenerational transmission of moral pollution signified by Holocaust memory.