Experience and memory: the Second World War in Europe

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List of Illustrations Abbreviations Chapter 1. A New Perspective on the War Henry Rousso Chapter 2. Conceptualizing the Occupations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (1933-1944) Benoit Majerus Chapter 3. The Role of the War in National Societies: The Examples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands Chantal Kesteloot Chapter 4. Myths and Realities of the People's WarA in Britain John Ramsden Chapter 5. We Can Take It!A Britain and the Memory of the Home front in the Second World War Mark Connelly Chapter 6. Experience and Memory: The Second World War in Poland Piotr Madajczyk Chapter 7. Remembering and Researching the War: The Soviet and Russian Experience Sergei Kudryashov Chapter 8. Bombing and Land War in Italy: Military Strategy, Reactions, and Collective Memory Gabriella Gribaudi Chapter 9. Italy as Occupier in the Balkans: Remembrances and War Crimes after 1945 Filippo Focardi Chapter 10. Brest under Bombardment (1940-1944): Being in War Pierre Le Goic Chapter 11. Experiences of War, Memories of War, and Political Behavior: The Example of the French Communist Party Philippe Buton Chapter 12. The Air War, the Public, and Cycles of Memory Dietmar SuA Chapter 13. The Long Shadows of the Second World War: The Impact of Experiences and Memories of War on West German Societies Axel Schildt Chapter 14. The War in Postwar Society: The Role of the Second World War in Public and Private Spheres in the Soviet Occupation Zone and Early GDR Dorothee Wierling Chapter 15. Violence and Victimhood: Looking Back at the World Wars in Europe Richard Bessel Chapter 16. The Meanings of the Second World War in Contemporary European History Jorg Echternkamp and Stefan Martens Notes on Contributors Selected Bibliography Index