: In both Germanies, private memories often focused on individual German suffering and losses, frequently downplaying personal responsibility or the crimes committed by German forces against Soviet citizens.
: The regime used memories of the Eastern Front to build an "antifascist founding myth" and justify an unconditional alliance with the Soviet Union. Legacies of Stalingrad: Remembering The Eastern...
The work is divided into chapters that trace the evolution of these memories from the immediate postwar occupation to the period after German reunification: Legacies of Stalingrad : In both Germanies, private memories often focused
: The brutalization of warfare on the Eastern Front created a lasting emotional and intellectual challenge for postwar elites who had to navigate the duality of Germans as both victims and perpetrators. Book Structure : In both Germanies