From collective violence to a common future: four models for dealing with a traumatic past
TitleFrom collective violence to a common future: four models for dealing with a traumatic past
Author
Call number909.82/0004
Object number10575b
Place of publicationVienna, Austria
PublisherPassagen
Year of publication
2009
Physical description18p.
MaterialArticle
Series titlePassagen Gesellschaft.
NotesInternational conference proceedings at the Kreisky-Forum, Vienna, in June 2008.
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp31-49
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp31-49
Description
Memories are dynamic. During the cold war, the memory of the Second World War was very different from today. The Holocaust has moved from the periphery to the centre of west European memory only during the last two decades. Remembering trauma evolves between the extremes of keeping the would open on the one hand and looking for closure on the other