Experience and memory : the Second World War in Europe / edited by Jörg Echternkamp and Stefan Martens.

Papers from an international colloquium held in Paris, France, in April 3-4, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A new perspective on the war / Henry Rousso -- Conceptualizing the occupations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (1933/1944) / Benoît Majerus -- The role of the war in national societies : the examples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands / Chantal Kesteloot -- Myths and realities of the "People's War" in Britain / John Ramsden -- "We can take it!" : Britain and the memory of the home front in the Second World War / Mark Connelly -- Experience and memory : the Second World War in Poland / Piotr Madajczyk -- Remembering and researching the war : the Soviet and Russian experience / Sergei Kudryashov -- Bombing and land war in Italy : military strategy, reactions, and collective memory / Gabriella Gribaudi -- Italy as occupier in the Balkans : remembrance and war crimes after 1945 / Filippo Focardi -- Brest under bombardment (1940/1944) : being in war / Pierre Le Goïc. Experiences of war, memories of war, and political behavior : the example of the French Communist Party / Philippe Buton -- The air war, the public, and cycles of memory / Dietmar Süss -- The long shadows of the Second World War : the impact of experiences and memories of war on West German society / Axel Schildt -- The war in postwar society : the role of the Second World War in public and private spheres in the Soviet occupation zone and early GDR / Dorothee Wierling -- Violence and victimhood : looking back at the world wars in Europe / Richard Bessel -- The meanings of the Second World War in contemporary European history / Jörg Echternkamp and Stefan Martens.