Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Deutschland

Coming to terms with the past" in Germany, that is, the political confrontation with the National Socialist dictatorship and its consequences, has long since become a historical topic in itself. From denazification and the Nuremberg Trials to the current debate about the Holocaust Memorial and compensation for forced laborers, this book describes how Germans have dealt with the Nazi past politically, legally, and ultimately morally. In doing so, Peter Reichel not only offers a wealth of historical information, but also repeatedly explores the central question of how public remembrance of the crimes of the Third Reich is constituted and socially unfolds in the first place.