Germany
TitreGermany
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0385
N° d'objet06034ao
Lieu de publicationOxford, England
EditeurOxford University Press
Année de publication
2010
Paginationpp635-649
MatérielArticle
SérieOxford handbooks
ISBN9780199211869
NotesArticle from the book ' The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies' pp635-649
Description
Discusses the Holocaust's impact on postwar German politics, identity and international conduct. Shows that a distinctive form of memory of the Holocaust arose in Germany following World War II as a by product of total military defeat, Allied occupation and the restoration of previously suppressed German political traditions. The limits of justice and memory in the two Germanys after 1945 are striking in view of the enormity of the crime
