Dissonant Memories: National Identity, Political Power, and the Commemoration of World War Two in Switzerland

The 1990s debate surrounding the Swiss bank accounts of Holocaust victims has led to a revision of the historical view of Switzerland's role in World War Two, which until then was dominated by the image of an innocent and resisting nation. The theory of commemoration of German researchers Jan a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oral History. - Oral History Society. - 35(2007), 2, Seite 57-66
1. Verfasser: Dejung, Christof (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Oral History
Schlagworte:Communicative Memory Cultural Memory Holocaust World War Two Switzerland Behavioral sciences Political science History
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