The power of the object : museums and World War II / edited by Esben Kjeldbæk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-420).

Introduction -- What is the power of the object? / Esben Kjeldbæk -- Interpreting the Second World War / James Taylor -- The European forum of contemporary conflict / Anne Godfroid -- The exhibition: between book and film / Hans Henrik Appel -- The Breendonk memorial / Patrick Nefors -- Challenges of a memorial / Henrik Skov Kristensen -- The Jersey war tunnels / Christopher Addy -- Showing rather than telling / Heiki Ahonen -- Exhibiting Secrecy / Oliver Benjamin Hemmerle -- Objects and the power of their stories / Marcel Wouters -- The dilemma of exhibiting heroism / Clemens Maier-Wolthausen -- Post-communist museums: terrorspaces and traumascapes / Lene Otto -- How museums speak / Esben Kjeldbæk -- About the authors -- References -- Also from MuseumEtc -- Colophon.