The Fall of France in the Second World War: History and Memory

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 645-646
Author(s):  
Betram M Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Second World

From Heroes to Villains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke Weesjes
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Memory Studies ◽  
Second World War ◽  
War Trauma ◽  
World War ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
Soviet Invasion ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Second World

Informed by oral history and memory studies, this chapter draws on a series of interviews with 38 British and Dutch cradle communists and is dedicated to the impact of the Second World War and its aftermath, and the events of 1956 – the year of Khrushchev’s secret speech and the Soviet invasion of Hungary – on the Dutch and British communist movements. This chapter particularly examines how cradle communists in the Netherlands and Britain experienced the contrast between the communist movement’s zenith during the Second World War and its nadir in 1956. Within this context, it discusses the Dutch communist resistance during the German occupation, parental war trauma and transgenerational communication, and the impact of anti-communist measures in Britain and the Netherlands on participants’ lives.

War and Violence, History and Memory: The Philippine Experience of the Second World War

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo T. José
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Second World War ◽  
The Other ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
World War ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
War Memories ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Violence History ◽  
Second World

AbstractThe subject of War and Memory in the Philippines remains a sensitive topic in the Philippines today. Many controversial issues about the Second World War remain subjects of debate, among them collaboration with the Japanese; Japanese war responsibility; American responsibility for the failed defense of the Philippines, and others. In one sense, the war in the Philippines has left an ambiguous legacy which leads to conflicting war memories and commemorations, particularly in the light of present conditions and evolving relationships with the other countries involved.

scholarly journals Zwischen „Brückenschlag“ und „Riss“: Die Kontroverse um die „Wehrmachtsausstellung“ in Deutschland als erinnerungskultureller Generationenkonflikt

2019 ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Magdalena Winkler
Keyword(s):  
National Socialism ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Generational Shift ◽  
Second World

This paper examines the controversy triggered by the „Wehrmachtsausstellung“, an exhibition on the war crimes of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, displayed from 1995 to 1999. By analysing the debates surrounding the controversy, it shall be investigated to what extent generationally different approaches of remembrance of National Socialism and the Holocaust emerged in the course of the discussions. As will be shown, the controversy partially emerged due to the generational shift concerning history and memory.

Law as an Instrument and as a Mirror of Official Memory Politics: The Mechanism for Rehabilitating Victims of Communism in Serbia

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Đureinović
Keyword(s):  
Memory Studies ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
State Socialism ◽  
World War ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Memory Politics ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Political Persecution ◽  
Second World

This article examines the mechanism for judicial rehabilitation in Serbia as a tool and as a reflection of state-sanctioned memory politics of the Second World War and Yugoslav state socialism. The mechanism of rehabilitation seeks to accommodate victims of unfair trials by revising them or declaratively and collectively rehabilitating victims of political persecution. In the case of Serbia, the legislation enables rehabilitation of persons responsible for collaboration and crimes during the Second World War as long as it can be argued that political and ideological grounds were also involved in their judicial or extrajudicial persecution. Acknowledging that individuals were unjustly persecuted in the postwar period, the article is primarily concerned with prominent military and political actors of the Second World War. Discussing rehabilitation in the context of the relation of history, memory and law, the article represents a perspective of history and memory studies rather than a purely legal-dogmatic analysis.

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