For sixty years, different groups in Europe have put forth
interpretations of World War II and their respective countries'
roles in it consistent with their own political and psychological
needs. The conflict over the past has played out in diverse arenas,
including film, memoirs, court cases, and textbooks. It has had
profound implications for democratization and relations between
neighboring countries. This collection provides a comparative case
study of how memories of World War II have been constructed and
revised in seven European nations: France, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Poland, Italy, and the USSR (Russia). The contributors
include scholars of history, literature, political science,
psychology, and sociology. Country by country, they bring to the
fore the specifics of each nation's postwar memories in essays
commissioned especially for this volume. The use of similar
analytical categories facilitates comparisons.
An extensive introduction contains reflections on the
significance of Europeans' memories of World War II and a
conclusion provides an analysis of the implications of the
contributors' findings for memory studies. These two pieces tease
out some of the findings common to all seven countries: for
instance, in each nation, the decade and a half between the late
1960s and the mid-1980s was the period of most profound change in
the politics of memory. At the same time, the contributors
demonstrate that Europeans understand World War II primarily
through national frames of reference, which are surprisingly
varied. Memories of the war have important ramifications for the
democratization of Central and Eastern Europe and the consolidation
of the European Union. This volume clarifies how those memories are
formed and institutionalized.
Contributors. Claudio Fogu, Richard J. Golsan, Wulf Kansteiner,
Richard Ned Lebow, Regula Ludi, Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Heidemarie
Uhl, Thomas C. Wolfe
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