remembering the International Brigades, 1945-1989 /
Josie McLellan.
Oxford :
Clarendon Press,
2004.
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) :
illustrations
Oxford historical monographs
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Odyssey of the German Volunteers; 2. Strangers in a Strange Land: The Spanienkämpfer in East Germany; 3. The Uses of History: The Party Appropriates Spain; 4. Reluctant Heroes: Veterans and the State Contest the Meaning of the War; 5. Heroes Like Us? The Second Generation Rediscovers the Volunteers; 6. Undiplomatic Statements: Censoring Spain; 7. Stalinism and Silence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany sheds new light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, the way in which societies remember, and the nature of state socialism. It combines cultural, social, and political history to examine the ways in which the legacy of the International Brigades was commemorated in the German Democratic Republic. - ;AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany is a book about remembering and about forgetting, about war, and about the peace which eventually followed.
Antifascism and memory in East Germany.
Anti-fascist movements-- Germany (East)-- History.
Memory-- Social aspects-- Germany (East)
Anti-fascist movements.
Memory-- Social aspects.
Military participation-- Foreign.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Parties.
Public opinion, German.
Spain, History, Civil War, 1936-1939, Foreign public opinion, German.
Spain, History, Civil War, 1936-1939, Participation, Foreign.