What Does It Mean to Normalize the Past? Official Memory in German Politics since 1989

Social Science History

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 547-571

  Olick, Jeffrey K ^a  

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EID: 0039614125     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0145553200017946     Document Type: Article

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