Evoking and revoking Auschwitz: Kosovo, remembrance and German national identity
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Evoking and revoking Auschwitz: Kosovo, remembrance and German national identity
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318072/0039
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05796m
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Bergahahn Books
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2004
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp227-252
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9781571818027
NotesArticle from the book 'Re-presenting the Shoah for the 21st century' pp227-252
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Ever since German unification, it has been an explicit goal for leading politicians to crown Germany's new political importance and its undisputed position as an economic superpower with the return to the stage of international politics as a military power. Today German military activity no longer has to be justified despite Auschwitz. The fact that Germany's past is no longer treated with embarrassment has reinforced the claim to a monopoly on the ways in which it is remembered