Books in the Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics series

Takes as its point of departure an enthusiasm for Baltic Sea region history which appeared in some European countries after fall of Iron Curtain. This book features emphasis on relation between historical narratives and political debates, makes it an interesting contribution to Baltic Sea region studies, and Central European historical studies.

Based on extensive archival research and the newest jurisprudence in international law, this book inquires which of the events in Germany's colonies fulfil the criteria of genocide under current international law and whether there was a link between these events and the policies of the Third Reich in Central and Eastern Europe during World War II.

The book examines ways in which Germans struggle with the Nazi past. It is a reflection upon the reasons why German reckoning with the past became a process of contradictions and shows the specific character of German collective memory in relation to the helplessness and moral condition of a nation defending itself in the face of unimaginable evil.

In aftermath of World War II, two migration streams entered Belgium: former allied soldiers from Poland and former Ostarbeiterinnen from Soviet Union. This book focuses on these people's attempts to give meaning to their war experiences in post-war life, and delineates processes they used to understand and articulate what they had been through.

Brings together eighteen English language essays on the fringes, overlap, and tensions of memory and history that the author has published over the decades. This book displays some examples of his approaches to German 'Erfahrungsgeschichte' West and East, and to their roots in and beyond the Nazi period.