After the Berlin Wall : memory and the making of the new Germany, 1989 to the present / Hope M. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Hope Millard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.

Collective memory--Germany.

Collective memory.

Historiography.

History.

Germany.

Germany--History--Unification, 1990--Historiography.

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989--Historiography.

National characteristics, German.

Germany--Politics and government--1990-.

Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, people around the world still remember the joyous drama of that night and the days and nights that followed. Even at a time before smartphones and twitter helped people experience an event together, the surprise opening of the Berlin Wall was viewed by millions on television sets and splashed across headlines around the globe. For Berliners and Germans themselves, dramatic days followed which would change their lives and their country"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Berlin Wall and German historical memory

Divergent approaches to the fall of the Wall

The fight over memory at Bernauer Strasse

Creating a Berlin Wall memorial ensemble at Bernauer Strasse

Remembering the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie

The Berlin senate's master plan for remembering the Wall

The federal government and the Berlin Wall

Victims and perpetrators

Conflicting narratives about the Wall

Heroes to celebrate and a new founding myth

Conclusion: Memory as warning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107049314

1107049318

9781107627406

1107627400

OCLC:

1091586087