Memorialization in Germany since 1945

by Bill Niven (Editor), C. Paver (Editor)

Difficult Pasts provides a wide-ranging discussion of contemporary Germany's rich memorial landscape. It discusses the many memorials to German losses during the Second World War, to the victims of National Socialism and to those of GDR socialism. With up-to-date coverage of many less well-known memorials as well as the most publicised ones.

436 pages, Hardcover

First published December 18, 2009

About the author

Bill Niven is professor of contemporary German history at Nottingham Trent University and the author of many works on twentieth-century German history, including Facing the Nazi Past and The Buchenwald Child. He lives in Edwalton, UK.

Reviews

[Kierabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I only read Thomas Haakenson's essay on the Memorial to the Homosexuals Persecuted under the National Socialist Regime (pages 146-156). It was a very detailed analysis of the monument (the best I've found so far) and brought up a lot of things I hadn't thought of.