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Fighting Russia's History Wars: Vladimir Putin and the Codification of World War II by Edele, Mark

“…Vladimir Putin shows remarkable interest in history in general and World War II in particular. This article explores this historian-president's attempts to…”
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Writing and Reading Memories at a Buenos Aires Memorial Site: The Ex-ESMA by Kaiser, Susana

“…ESMA, an infamous center for torture and extermination, now houses a memorial museum. It first opened in 2007 and was subsequently rethought and remodeled…”
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Creating a Cosmopolitan Past: Local and Transnational Influences on Memory Work in Schindler's Factory, Kraków by Gryta, Janek

“…This article tests the limits of cosmopolitan memory. It spotlights a unique case study, the permanent exhibition in Schindler's Factory in Kraków, shaped by a…”
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Learning Lessons from War? Inclusions and Exclusions in Teaching First World War History in English Secondary Schools by Pennell, Catriona

“…This article explores how secondary school pupils in England are integrated into the First World War centenary practices of remembrance with a particular focus…”
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A Contested Latecomer: The Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism by Sierp, Aline

“…This article traces the debates surrounding the conception of the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism in Munich in order to understand…”
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“We Decided the Museum Would Be the Best Place for Them”: Veterans, Families and Mementos of the First World War by Foster, Ann-Marie

“…Although it is generally considered that there was relatively little interest in the First World War throughout the 1970s and 1980s in Britain, these decades…”
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Challenging the Symbolic Representation of the Franco Dictatorship: The Street Name Controversy in Madrid by Capdepon, Ulrike

“…This article examines the controversy surrounding the street names symbolizing the Franco dictatorship (1939–75) in Madrid. The Memory Law, passed in 2007,…”
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Family Legacies in the Centenary: Motives for First World War Commemoration among British and German Descendants by Roper, Michael, Duffett, Rachel

“…This article investigates the affective motives for remembrance among British and German descendants of men and women who served in the First World War. Based…”
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“The Forgotten of This Tribute”: Settler Soldiers, Colonial Categories and the Centenary of the First World War by Eldridge, Claire

“…This article uses the centenary of the First World War to explore how colonial categories have been mobilized in memory projects. Focusing on “settler…”
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The Military History Museum in Dresden: Between Forum and Temple by Cercel, Cristian

“…This article analyzes the Military History Museum (MHM) in Dresden against the backdrop of recent theoretical elaborations on agonistic memory, as opposed to…”
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Personal and Collective Memories in the Works of Svetlana Alexievich by Lenart-Cheng, Helga

“…This article examines the Nobel Prize-winning journalist Svetlana Alexievich's methodology in the larger context of post-Soviet debates about collective…”
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and the Politics of Post-Racialism by Hagopian, Patrick

“…This article examines the history of the design of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, dedicated in October 2011. Based on documentary records and…”
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Pacific War Battle Sites through the Eyes of Japanese Travel Writers: Vicarious Consumer Travel and Emotional Performance in Travelogues by Nishino, Ryota

“…This article analyzes travelogues written by Japanese visitors to the battle sites of the Pacific War. It argues that they tend to turn the destinations into…”
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Contested Site or Reclaimed Space? Re-membering but Not Honoring the Past on the Empty Pedestal by Strauss, Jill

“…Debates over contested monuments often focus on the statue, but the pedestal also has significance. In May 2017, the New York City Mayoral Advisory Commission…”
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Transcultural Memory and the Troostmeisjes/Comfort Women Photographic Project by McGregor, Katharine, Mackie, Vera

“…In 2008 and 2009, a Dutch photographer, Jan Banning, and an anthropologist, Hilde Janssen, traveled around Indonesia to document, with photographs and…”
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Compromise, Commemoration and Containment of Public Memory: The Revival of Paul Robeson's Legacy at Rutgers University, 1966–1975 by Durst, Larry

“…Paul Robeson was the most famous alumnus in the history of Rutgers College, but by the 1960s, four decades after his graduation, his name had been effectively…”
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“I Am Their Jew”: Karla Raveh's Testimony in Germany and in Israel by Naishtat-Bornstein, Lilach

“…This article examines the differences in how Holocaust testimony is told and received in Israel and in Germany through an analysis of the unique case study of…”
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From the Editor by Ury, Scott

“…With their analysis of how race and racism influence what is remembered (and also forgotten) in American society, their discussion of the underlying, perhaps…”
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From the Editor by Ury, Scott

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From the Editor by Ury, Scott

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