| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Oxford historical monographs
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Odyssey of the German Volunteers; 2. Strangers in a Strange Land: The Spanienkämpfer in East Germany; 3. The Uses of History: The Party Appropriates Spain; 4. Reluctant Heroes: Veterans and the State Contest the Meaning of the War; 5. Heroes Like Us? The Second Generation Rediscovers the Volunteers; 6. Undiplomatic Statements: Censoring Spain; 7. Stalinism and Silence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany sheds new light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, the way in which societies remember, and the nature of state socialism. It combines cultural, social, and political history to examine the ways in which the legacy of the International Brigades was commemorated in the German Democratic Republic. - ;AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany is a book about remembering and about forgetting, about war, and about the peace which eventually followed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spanish Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) |
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Anti-fascist movements -- Germany (East) -- History.
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Anti-fascist movements. |
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Germany (East) |
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History. |
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Memory -- Social aspects -- Germany (East)
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Memory -- Social aspects. |
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Memory. |
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Foreign public opinion, German.
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, Foreign.
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| Chronological Term |
1936-1939 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McLellan, Josie. Antifascism and memory in East Germany. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2004 (DLC) 2005295723 |
| ISBN |
9780191515330 (electronic book) |
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0191515337 (electronic book) |
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9780199276264 (hardback) |
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0199276269 (hardback) |
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0199276269 (Cloth) |
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