Tailoring Truth
：Politicizing the Past and Negotiating Memory in East Germany, 1945-1990
( Contemporary European History )
Publication subTitle ：Politicizing the Past and Negotiating Memory in East Germany, 1945-1990
Publication series ：Contemporary European History
Author： Olsen Jon Berndt
Publisher： Berghahn Books
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9781782385721
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781782385714
Subject： K517 German Democratic Republic (1945 - 1990)
Keyword： 各国政治,世界史,欧洲史
Language： ENG
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Description
By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime's approach to memory politics was not stagnant, but rather evolved over time to meet different demands and potential threats to its legitimacy. Ultimately the party found it increasingly difficult to control the public portrayal of the past, and some dissidents were able to turn the party's memory politics against the state to challenge its claims of moral authority.
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