From collective violence to a common future: four models for dealing with a traumatic past
TitreFrom collective violence to a common future: four models for dealing with a traumatic past
Auteur
Call number909.82/0004
N° d'objet10575b
Lieu de publicationVienna, Austria
EditeurPassagen
Année de publication
2009
Pagination18p.
MatérielArticle
SériePassagen 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