| Stated Memory: East Germany and the Holocaust Contributor(s): Fox, Thomas C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571131299 ISBN-13: 9781571131294 Publisher: Camden House (NY) OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1999 Annotation: Fox presents a long-overdue study of the East German view of the Holocaust over the years 1946-1989. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Holocaust - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 943.100 |
| LCCN: 98-36112 |
| Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.34" W x 9.37" (0.94 lbs) 187 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stated Memory: East Germany and the Holocaust investigates communist Germany's attempt to explain the Holocaust within a framework that was at once German and Marxist. The book probes the contradictions and self-deceptionsarising from East Germany's official self-understanding as an enlightened, modern society in which Jewishness did not constitute "difference" or otherness. The study examines East German historiography of the Holocaust, includingits reflection in schoolbooks; analyzes East German concentration camp memorials; discusses the situation of Jews who remained in East Germany; and surveys East German cinematic and literary responses to the Nazi murder of the Jews. The book shows that regardless of the sincerity of the individuals involved in constructing these various forms of memory, the state attempted to orchestrate Holocaust discourse for its own purposes. Thomas C. Foxis professor of German at the University of Alabama. He has written extensively on East German literature and the Holocaust. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fox, Thomas C.: - Thomas C. Fox is Professor of German at the University of Alabama |