The first stage of the formation of the culture of memory in postwar Germany: between collective guilt and social silence (1945–early 1960s)
The article examines the first stage in the formation of the culture of memory in postwar Germany (1945 – the early 1960s), a period marked by a gradual transition from military defeat and denazification to the recognition of moral responsibility for the crimes of the National Socialist regime. Particular attention is...