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History and Memory: mass expulsions and transfers 1939-1945-1949
History and Memory: mass expulsions and transfers 1939-1945-1949

Author(s): Maria Rutowska, Zbigniew Mazur, Hubert Orlowski
Subject(s): History, Military history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: history; memory; Poland; Germany; Second World War
Summary/Abstract: 2008 was a year of a lively discussion on ways to commemorate and present the common Polish-German history both in Poland and Germany. It was triggered by the government of the German Federal Republic which undertook steps to determine how to commemorate the forced resettlement of Germans after the Second World War, and proposed the “Visible Sign” Centre Bill to regulate the foundation and status of the memorial against the flight and expulsion (Sichtbares Zeichen gegen Flucht und Vertreibung).

  • Page Count: 64
  • Publication Year: 2008
  • Language: English
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The memory of institutionalized violence and historical semantics

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