Divided Memory

Explore the different ways in which the two Germanys remembered the crimes of Nazism with this eye-opening book. Author Jeffrey Herf delves into the political interests and past beliefs that shaped their differing approaches, from the anti-Nazi emigration of the 1930s to the establishment of a day of remembrance in 1996. Discover how the politics of left and right played a role in the development of a Communist dictatorship in the East and a liberal democracy in the West, and how the Cold War impacted the public memory of anti-Jewish persecution and the Holocaust.