The Third Reich in History and Memory
by U
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With memory, we connect the past to the present. However, indignation, shame, self-interest, responsibility... Can all reconstruct and distort memories intentionally or unintentionally. If memory is to be reliable, it needs to withstand the rigorous test of history. From 1933 to 1945, the ambitions of the Third Reich created hell on earth and dragged the world into a bottomless abyss. Seventy years after the fall of the Nazis, history and memory are entangled. People try to find explanations for the incredible madness. Some people accuse in anger that anyone who acquiesces in and assists Nazi crimes should be counted as an accomplice; others cover up in shame and find reasons for what they have done. Did these people do what they did out of their own free will or under coercion? How much responsibility should they bear? How much historical truth has been concealed by the reconstruction, modification and beautification of disgraceful memories? "The Third Reich in History and Memory" provides answers to various difficult questions. Richard Evans, who has been studying Nazi Germany for more than 40 years, takes the responsibility of a historian to dialogue with the new academic achievements of the past two decades. He uses the sharpness and caution of a scholar to clear away the fog, penetrate the layers of constructed memories, and explore the true history of the Third Reich.
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