Title Tailoring truth : politicizing the past and negotiating memory in East Germany, 1945-1990 / Jon Berndt Olsen.

Publication Info.	New York : Berghahn, [2015]
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Series	Studies in contemporary European history ; volume 15
	Studies in contemporary European history ; 15.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Mobilizing memory in the Soviet occupation zone -- The politics of state memory -- Emotional bonds -- Broadening the historical roots of the state narrative -- The erosion of state memory culture in the GDR.
Summary	"By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime's approach to memory politics was not stagnant, but rather evolved over time to meet different demands and potential threats to its legitimacy. Ultimately the party found it increasingly difficult to control the public portrayal of the past, and some dissidents were able to turn the party's memory politics against the state to challenge its claims of moral authority"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands -- History.
	Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands.
	History.
	Collective memory -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History.
	Collective memory.
	Germany (East)
	Memorialization -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History.
	Memorialization.
	Historiography -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History.
	Historiography -- Political aspects.
	Historiography.
	Historical museums -- Political aspects -- Germany (East) -- History.
	Historical museums.
	Political culture -- Germany (East) -- History.
	Political culture.
	Social control -- Germany (East) -- History.
	Social control.
	Germany (East) -- Historiography.
	Germany (East) -- Politics and government.
	Politics and government.
	Germany (East) -- Social conditions.
	Social conditions.
Genre/Form	Electronic book.
	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Olsen, Jon Berndt. Tailoring truth : politicizing the past and negotiating memory in East Germany, 1945-1990. New York, New York ; Oxford, England : berghahn, ©2015 xiv, 262 pages Studies in contemporary European history ; Volume 15 9781782385714
ISBN	1322950784 (electronic book)
	9781322950785 (electronic book)
	9781782385721 (electronic book)
	178238572X (electronic book)
	9781782385714
	1782385711

Title Tailoring truth : politicizing the past and negotiating memory in East Germany, 1945-1990 / Jon Berndt Olsen.

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