A Deadlock Of Memory The Myth And Cult Of Ion Antonescu In Post-Communist Romania
A Deadlock Of Memory The Myth And Cult Of Ion Antonescu In Post-Communist Romania
Author(s): Mihai ChioveanuSubject(s): Jewish studies
Published by: The Goldstein Goren Center for Hebrew Studies
Summary/Abstract: Irina Livezeanu’s doctoral thesis begins with a touching dedication: “For my friends in Romania, lovers of their Past.” In 1986, when the young American historian wrote them, these few words were not a complaisance gesture, but an expression of solidarity with an oppressed nation from the East. It was only later, in the 1990s, and in a completely different context, that Livezeanu realised, somewhat worried this time, that the Romanians love their Past unconditionally because they actually do not know their history well." After 1989, this lack of historical knowledge...
Journal: Studia Hebraica
- Issue Year: 2003
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 102-123
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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