Abseits der Geschichte - Nationalsozialismus und Zweiter Weltkrieg in Ortschroniken

Ortschroniken and Heimatbücher are omnipresent in the memory culture of rural Germany. Although they address rather small audiences, together they represent a mass phenomenon of historiography. However, academic historians have mostly overlooked the importance of these books. Dirk Thomaschke's study is the first to undertake a country-wide survey of Ortschroniken and Heimatbücher from the post-war years to the present. The author unveils the unique patterns along which they write history and conceptualizes this as a genre of its own. Moreover, the book investigates comparable phenomena in the local history of the German Democratic Republic.

About the author

Dr. Dirk Thomaschke ist Zeithistoriker und forscht zur Erinnerungskultur und Wissensgeschichte Nordwesteuropas.

Product details

• Authors: Dirk Thomaschke
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2016
• EAN: 9783847105367
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0536-7
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 641 g
• Illustrations: mit 4 Abbildungen
• Series: Formen der Erinnerung; Formen der Erinnerung 060; Formen der Erinnerung; Formen der Erinnerung 060
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)