Physical Description
viii, 301 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
A city and a nation between memory and future
Capturing memory and crafting identity
Occupation, confrontation, departure: the great powers in postwar Berlin
Soviet traces
The western allies: a vanishing legacy?
Great powers on display: A brief tale of two museums
Bureaucratic shield and repressive sword: rise and demise of the Stasi
Tyrannical banality on display: the "Stasi-Museum"
The commemoration of persecution in Hohenschönhausen
Coming to terms with the "second" German dictatorship
Monumental schizophrenia: the Berlin Wall and concrete closure
Commemorating a vanishing moment
Checkpoint and watchtower museums
Painting and tracing the wall.
ISBN
9780739118399
0739118390 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-294) and index.
A city and a nation between memory and future -- Capturing memory and crafting identity -- Occupation, confrontation, departure: the great powers in postwar Berlin -- Soviet traces -- The western allies: a vanishing legacy? -- Great powers on display: A brief tale of two museums -- Bureaucratic shield and repressive sword: rise and demise of the Stasi -- Tyrannical banality on display: the "Stasi-Museum" -- The commemoration of persecution in Hohenschönhausen -- Coming to terms with the "second" German dictatorship -- Monumental schizophrenia: the Berlin Wall and concrete closure -- Commemorating a vanishing moment -- Checkpoint and watchtower museums -- Painting and tracing the wall.
