Restitution and Memory

Material Restoration in Europe

Dan Diner editor Gotthard Wunberg editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:1st Apr '07

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The myriad debates on restitution and memory, which have been going on in Europe for decades, indicate that World War II never ended. It is still very much with us, paradoxically re-invoked by the events of 1989/90 and the expansion of Europe to the east in the aftermath of the collapse of communism and economic globalization. The growing privatization and reprivatization in Eastern Europe revive pre-war memories that lay buried under the blanket of collectivization and nationalization of property after 1945. World War II did not only result in the death and destruction on a large scale but also in an a far-reaching revolution of existing property relations. This volume offers an assessment of the problematic of restitution and its close interconnection with the discourses of memory that have recently emerged.

ISBN: 9781845452209

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 599g

424 pages