Restitution and Memory

Material Restoration in Europe

426 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The myriad debates on restitution and memory, which have been going on in Europe for decades, indicate that World War II never ended. It is still very much with us, paradoxically re-invoked by the events of 1989/90 and the expansion of Europe to the east in the aftermath of the collapse of communism and economic globalization. The growing privatization and reprivatization in Eastern Europe revive pre-war memories that lay buried under the blanket of collectivization and nationalization of property after 1945. World War II did not only result in the death and destruction on a large scale but also in an a far-reaching revolution of existing property relations. This volume offers an assessment of the problematic of restitution and its close interconnection with the discourses of memory that have recently emerged.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Europäische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781845452209
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2007
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Dan Diner, Gotthard Wunberg