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  title info:
    title: Constructions of Victimhood
    sub title: Remembering the Victims of State Socialism in Germany
  name:
    name part: Clarke, David.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VIII, 315 p. 2 illus. online resource.
  abstract: The post-war Federal Republic of Germany faced the task of addressing the plight of the victims of state socialism under the Soviet occupation of eastern Germany and in the German Democratic Republic, many of whom fled to the west. These victims were not passive objects of the West German state's policy, but organized themselves into associations that fought for recognition of their contribution to the fight against communism. After German unification, the task of commemorating and compensating these victims continued under entirely new political circumstances, yet also in the context of global trends in memory politics and transitional justice that give priority to addressing the fate of victims of non-democratic regimes. Constructions of Victimhood: Remembering the Victims of State Socialism in Germany draws on the constructivist systems theory of Niklas Luhmann to analyze the role of victims organizations, the political system, and historians and heritage professionals in the struggle over the memory of suffering under state socialism, from the Cold War to the present day. The book argues that the identity and social role of victims has undergone a process of constant renegotiation in this period, offering an innovative theoretical framework for understanding how restorative measures are formulated to address the situation of victims. As such, it offers not only insights into a neglected aspect of post-war German history, but also contributes to the ongoing academic debate about the role of victims in process of transitional justice and the politics of memory.
  table of contents: 1. Introduction: Thinking about the victims of state socialism -- 2. Victimhood and the politics of memory and transitional justice -- 3. Victims' organizations and the construction of victimhood -- 4. Compensating the victims of state socialism -- 5. Memorial museums for the victims of state socialism: controversies and conflicts -- 6. Conclusion: The Future of Victimhood.
  note: by David Clarke.
  subject:
    topic: Cultural heritage
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology-Europe
  subject:
    topic: Historiography
  subject:
    topic: War Crimes
  subject:
    topic: Europe-Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Cultural Heritage
  subject:
    topic: European Culture
  subject:
    topic: Memory Studies
  subject:
    topic: War Crimes
  subject:
    topic: European Politics
  classification: D1-DX301
  classification: 363.69
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict
  identifier: 9783030048044
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04804-4
  record info:
    record creation date: 181226
    record change date: 20191024042156.0
    record identifier: 978-3-030-04804-4