- Summary
- "This collection explores the questions of whether, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism could and should be situated within a single coherent narrative. The contributors examine ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial in order to critically analyze these complex, entangled historical phenomena"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
©2015
- Locale
- Soviet Union
Germany
- Contents
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Introduction / Klas-Göran Karlsson, Johan Stenfeldt, and Ulf Zander
The evil twins of modern history? : patterns of communism-National Socialism entanglement / Klas-Göran Karlsson
Making sense of inhumanity : on the treatment of an open wound in our history culture / Jörn Rüsen
The dystopian trilemma : the guiding potential of the Nazi-communist equalization and strategies used when questioning it / Johan Stenfeldt
The intertwined history of political violence in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany : the case study of Helmut Weiss / Anton Weiss-Wendt
Herbert Norkus and Pavel Morozov as totalitarian child martyrs : a study of political religion / Johan Dietsch
Communism's compelling grasp : enduring the gulag and enduring loyalty / Nanci Adler
The Lontsky Street Prison Memorial Museum : an example of postcommunist holocaust negationism / John-Paul Himka
Writing history, denying the past? : on revisionism, the holocaust and soviet terror / Maria Karlsson.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Karlsson, Klas-Göran, author, editor.
Stenfeldt, Johan, 1978- author, editor.
Zander, Ulf, author, editor.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Klas-Göran Karlsson, Johan Stenfeldt, and Ulf Zander -- The evil twins of modern history? : patterns of communism-National Socialism entanglement / Klas-Göran Karlsson -- Making sense of inhumanity : on the treatment of an open wound in our history culture / Jörn Rüsen -- The dystopian trilemma : the guiding potential of the Nazi-communist equalization and strategies used when questioning it / Johan Stenfeldt -- The intertwined history of political violence in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany : the case study of Helmut Weiss / Anton Weiss-Wendt -- Herbert Norkus and Pavel Morozov as totalitarian child martyrs : a study of political religion / Johan Dietsch -- Communism's compelling grasp : enduring the gulag and enduring loyalty / Nanci Adler -- The Lontsky Street Prison Memorial Museum : an example of postcommunist holocaust negationism / John-Paul Himka -- Writing history, denying the past? : on revisionism, the holocaust and soviet terror / Maria Karlsson.
