The long shadows of the difficult past? How young people in Denmark, Finland and Germany remember WWII

What is it about?

We explore young people’s memories of the Second World War in Denmark, Finland and Germany. From a historical perspective a comparison of the three countries is particularly interesting as they played different roles during the war. The evidence highlights the different perceptions of history among youth and points to the absence of a common European understanding of what happened between 1939 and 1945.

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