Der Aufbau freier Gewerkschaften in der DDR und den Neuen Bundesländern spielte für das gewaltfreie Gelingen des deutschen Einigungsprozesses eine herausragende Rolle. Das Engagement bundesdeutscher Gewerkschaften trug wesentlich dazu bei, dass der FDGB und seine Einzelgewerksch…
Beginning with the day of Nazi Germany's surrender, this book traces the main political, social and economic developments in occupied Germany, in both German states up to 1990, and in reunited Germany. A chapter is devoted to the unification of the country in 1989-90, while the …
Beginning with the day of Nazi Germany's surrender, this book traces the main political, social and economic developments in occupied Germany, in the two postwar German states up to 1990, and in the reunified Germany.
Beginning with the day of Nazi Germany's surrender, this book traces the main political, social and economic developments in occupied Germany, in both German states up to 1990, and in reunited Germany. A chapter is devoted to the unification of the country in 1989-90, while the …
Beginning with the day of Nazi Germany's surrender, this book traces the main political, social and economic developments in occupied Germany, in the two postwar German states up to 1990, and in the reunified Germany.
Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of th…
Intro -- Memorializing the GDR -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations and Key Terms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Memory, Monuments and Memorialization -- Chapter 2. Socialist Icons -- Chapter 3. Soviet Special Camps -- Chapter 4. 17 Ju…
Memory debates and the built environment since unification -- 'Working through' the GDR past -- A shifting memorial culture -- Memory, monuments and memorialization -- Notions of, and problems with, collective forms of memory -- Monuments, memorials and 'memory markers' -- Socia…
Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of th…
Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of th…