West Germans and the Nazi Legacy

West Germans and the Nazi Legacy constitutes a new history of the complex memory cultures that persisted within West Germany. Utilizing the war crimes trials, this book focuses on responses to the prospect of continuing investigations, the reception afforded to those found to have been implicated in the crimes of the regime, and the she

List of contents

@contents:Introduction 1. The Victors and the Vanquished 2. ‘The Murderers among Us’ 3. Recalling Resistance 4. Eichmann: A Nation on Trial? 5. One of Us 6. Draw a Line Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Caroline Sharples is currently University Teacher in Modern History at the University of Liverpool. She obtained her PhD from the University of Southampton in 2007 and has previously published various articles on the memory of the Kindertransport.

Summary

West Germans and the Nazi Legacy constitutes a new history of the complex memory cultures that persisted within West Germany. Utilizing the war crimes trials, this book focuses on responses to the prospect of continuing investigations, the reception afforded to those found to have been implicated in the crimes of the regime, and the she

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Sharples, Sharples Caroline
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032927817
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92781-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 285 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust