Experience and Memory

Jorg Echternkamp is a Fellow of the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Potsdam, and coeditor of the journal Militargeschichtliche Zeitschrift. He was visiting professor at the University of Calgary/Canada in 2004, visiting scholar at the German Historical Institute in Paris 2006, and has been visiting lecturer at the University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne-Pantheon) and Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg since 2006/7. His major publications include Der Aufstieg des deutschen Nationalismus 1770-1840 [The Rise of German Nationalism], (Frankfurt/New York 1998, ed.), and Germany and the Second World War, vols IX/1-2, (Oxford 2010). Stefan Martens is Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute, Paris and coeditor of the journal Francia - Forschungen zur westeuropaischen Geschichte. He was visiting lecturer at the University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne-Pantheon) and the Institut d'Aetudes Politiques, Paris. His major publications include Frankreich und Belgien unter deutscher Besatzung 1940-1944. Die Bestande des Bundesarchiv-Militararchivs in Freiburg, (Stuttgart 2002; together with Volker Knopf), Gorings Reich. Selbstinszenierung in Carinhall (Berlin 2009); Occupation et repression militaire allemandes 1939-1945. La politique de A"maintien de l'ordreA" en Europe occupee (Paris 2007, with GaA"l Eismann).

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2011“This stimulating, wide-ranging collection deftly combines national and European perspectives, which makes it especially valuable for the study of the post-Cold War era and the new Europe. Historians of memory in particular will find it useful, but so will others interested more generally in postwar European history. Highly recommended.”  ·  Choice

• List of Illustrations Abbreviations Chapter 1. A New Perspective on the War Henry Rousso Chapter 2. Conceptualizing the Occupations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (1933-1944) Benoit Majerus Chapter 3. The Role of the War in National Societies: The Examples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands Chantal Kesteloot Chapter 4. Myths and Realities of the People's WarA" in Britain John Ramsden Chapter 5. We Can Take It!A" Britain and the Memory of the Home front in the Second World War Mark Connelly Chapter 6. Experience and Memory: The Second World War in Poland Piotr Madajczyk Chapter 7. Remembering and Researching the War: The Soviet and Russian Experience Sergei Kudryashov Chapter 8. Bombing and Land War in Italy: Military Strategy, Reactions, and Collective Memory Gabriella Gribaudi Chapter 9. Italy as Occupier in the Balkans: Remembrances and War Crimes after 1945 Filippo Focardi Chapter 10. Brest under Bombardment (1940-1944): Being in War Pierre Le Goic Chapter 11. Experiences of War, Memories of War, and Political Behavior: The Example of the French Communist Party Philippe Buton Chapter 12. The Air War, the Public, and Cycles of Memory Dietmar SuA Chapter 13. The Long Shadows of the Second World War: The Impact of Experiences and Memories of War on West German Societies Axel Schildt Chapter 14. The War in Postwar Society: The Role of the Second World War in Public and Private Spheres in the Soviet Occupation Zone and Early GDR Dorothee Wierling Chapter 15. Violence and Victimhood: Looking Back at the World Wars in Europe Richard Bessel Chapter 16. The Meanings of the Second World War in Contemporary European History Jorg Echternkamp and Stefan Martens Notes on Contributors Selected Bibliography Index