Book contents
- After the Berlin Wall
- After the Berlin Wall
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and German Terms
- Introduction: The Berlin Wall and German Historical Memory
- 1 Divergent Approaches to the Fall of the Wall
- 2 The Fight over Memory at Bernauer Strasse
- 3 Creating a Berlin Wall Memorial Ensemble at Bernauer Strasse
- 4 Remembering the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie
- 5 The Berlin Senate’s “Master Plan for Remembering the Berlin Wall”
- 6 The Federal Government and Memory of the Berlin Wall
- 7 Victims and Perpetrators
- 8 Conflicting Narratives about the Wall
- 9 Celebrating Heroes and a New Founding Myth
- Conclusion: Memory as Warning
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
8 - Conflicting Narratives about the Wall
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 September 2019
Book contents
- After the Berlin Wall
- After the Berlin Wall
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and German Terms
- Introduction: The Berlin Wall and German Historical Memory
- 1 Divergent Approaches to the Fall of the Wall
- 2 The Fight over Memory at Bernauer Strasse
- 3 Creating a Berlin Wall Memorial Ensemble at Bernauer Strasse
- 4 Remembering the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie
- 5 The Berlin Senate’s “Master Plan for Remembering the Berlin Wall”
- 6 The Federal Government and Memory of the Berlin Wall
- 7 Victims and Perpetrators
- 8 Conflicting Narratives about the Wall
- 9 Celebrating Heroes and a New Founding Myth
- Conclusion: Memory as Warning
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
Summary
Just as there is a spectrum of views on the role of border soldiers in the system surrounding the Berlin Wall, so Germans have differing perspectives on the attitudes and policies of both East and West Germans regarding the Wall when it stood, on the reasons for its fall, and its legacy.
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- After the Berlin WallMemory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present, pp. 301 - 336Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019