Contested Commemorations

Republican War Veterans and Weimar Political Culture

Nonfiction, History, European General, Military
Cover of the book Contested Commemorations by Benjamin Ziemann, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Benjamin Ziemann ISBN: 9781139610940
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 13, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Benjamin Ziemann
ISBN: 9781139610940
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 13, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

This innovative study of remembrance in Weimar Germany analyses how experiences and memories of the Great War were transformed along political lines after 1918. Examining the symbolism, language and performative power of public commemoration, Benjamin Ziemann reveals how individual recollections fed into the public narrative of the experience of war. Challenging conventional wisdom that nationalist narratives dominated commemoration, this book demonstrates that Social Democrat war veterans participated in the commemoration of the war at all levels: supporting the 'no more war' movement, mourning the fallen at war memorials and demanding a politics of international solidarity. It describes how the moderate Socialist Left related the legitimacy of the Republic to their experiences in the Imperial army and acknowledged the military defeat of 1918 as a moment of liberation. This is the first comprehensive analysis of war remembrances in post-war Germany and a radical reassessment of the democratic potential of the Weimar Republic.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This innovative study of remembrance in Weimar Germany analyses how experiences and memories of the Great War were transformed along political lines after 1918. Examining the symbolism, language and performative power of public commemoration, Benjamin Ziemann reveals how individual recollections fed into the public narrative of the experience of war. Challenging conventional wisdom that nationalist narratives dominated commemoration, this book demonstrates that Social Democrat war veterans participated in the commemoration of the war at all levels: supporting the 'no more war' movement, mourning the fallen at war memorials and demanding a politics of international solidarity. It describes how the moderate Socialist Left related the legitimacy of the Republic to their experiences in the Imperial army and acknowledged the military defeat of 1918 as a moment of liberation. This is the first comprehensive analysis of war remembrances in post-war Germany and a radical reassessment of the democratic potential of the Weimar Republic.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Women of Colonial Latin America by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Leo Strauss and the Theologico-Political Problem by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Diffusion of Democracy by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Political Economies of Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Stakeholder Theory by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book From Self to Social Relationships by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Quantum Chromodynamics at High Energy by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Reformed Theology by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Homer: Odyssey Books XVII-XVIII by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Fractional Freedoms by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Quantitative Risk Assessment by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by Benjamin Ziemann
Cover of the book Clothing the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England by Benjamin Ziemann
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy