Remembering the Second World War

Patrick Finney teaches in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. He has published widely on collective memory, especially in relation to the Second World War, and on the international history of the twentieth century, especially in relation to the inter-war period. He is currently writing a book entitled How the Second World War Still Shapes Our Lives.

"The traumas of the second World War and the Holocaust were a global phenomenon whose legacies are fundamentally embedded in present-day cultures and societies. As the participant generations’ memories are reduced by aging and death, the war’s fascination for subsequent generations only seems to grow. This timely collection addresses the transnational, transcultural, multidirectional, and migratory nature of those memories in highly accessible and intriguing case studies."Susan Crane, University of Arizona, USA"This timely volume presents critical insights into the transformation of the Second World War in memory and the transformation of the field of memory studies itself. It is particularly valuable for its range of national and transnational perspectives, providing a sound basis for comparative engagement. Both for its component parts and for its overall message, this book is a welcome addition to scholarship on war and memory."Beatrice Trefalt, Monash University, Australia"This richly fascinating book draws upon transnational and comparative perspectives to provide a critical examination of the memory of the Second World War, spanning many continents. Engaging with the latest theoretical debates on memory, it reflects upon new modes of remembrance and their impact on global memorialisation of the Second World War. It highlights how, as the Second World War moves beyond living memory, its remembrance is being continually renegotiated and reshaped within shifting global and transcultural contexts. It is a welcome addition to international scholarship on war and memory."Wendy Ugolini, University of Edinburgh, UK

• List of figuresList of contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPatrick FinneyPART ONE: National Memory Cultures?1. A Nation United? The Impossible Memory of War and Occupation in FranceMargaret Atack2. Generation War and Post-Didactic Memory: The Nazi Past in Contemporary GermanyBill Niven3. Remembering and Forgetting War and Occupation in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and TaiwanEdward VickersPART TWO: Transnational Transactions4. Isaac Fadoyebo’s Journey: Remembering the British Empire’s Second World WarPatrick Finney5. The Soviet War Memorial in Vienna: Geopolitics of Memory and the New Russian Diaspora in Post-Cold War EuropeTatiana Zhurzhenko6. Abolitionism in the History of the Transnational ‘Justice for Comfort Women’ Movement in Japan and South KoreaCaroline NormaPART THREE: Local and Sectional Memories7. The Treachery of Memorials: Beyond War Remembrance in Contemporary OkinawaGerald Figal8. The Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan: Imperial, National and Local RemembranceJoan Beaumont9. The Memory of the Joop Westerweel Resistance Movement in Israel and the NetherlandsJoyce van de BildtPART FOUR: Practices of Remembrance10. A Holy Relic of War: The Soviet Victory Banner as ArtefactJeremy Hicks11. Experiencing and Performing Memory: Second World War Videogames as a Practice of RemembranceEva Kingsepp12. Touching Landscapes? Embodied Experiences of Holocaust Tourism and MemoryTim ColeAfterword: Entangled Memories of the Second World WarJie-Hyun LimIndex