The Memory of Europe's Age of Catastrophe 1914-2014

Ben Mercer

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The Memory of Europe's Age of Catastrophe 1914-2014

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War and genocide in the first half of the twentieth century turned much of Europe into a graveyard. In the cultural history of the aftermath came the question where the bodies were buried, at times literally, but often metaphorically. What would be the location of the experience of mass death in the subsequent life of society? Historians have used 'memory' to designate this struggle over the past's meaning. However, the term can mean very different actions and practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of European History, 1914-1945
Editors	Nicholas Doumanis
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	613-630pp.
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9780199695669
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199695669.013.34
Publication status	Published - 2016

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