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