What is it about?
This article comments on the "Historikerstreit" - the question whether German crimes of the Second World War were unique or can be compared to those of Stalin or Pol Pot. It explains how in Germany, history is not a matter of Sunday outings to National Trust properties and nostalgic TV series about the Tudors. even war cemeteries evoke a mixed reaction.
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An explanation of the different cultural- mental attitudes to history in different countries.
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This page is a summary of: Museums, Identity and Warring Historians – Observations on History in Germany, The Historical Journal, June 1990, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0018246x00013406.
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