POLI 432 Lecture 14: POLI432 – 14
21 Aug 2019
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Wwii memory wars: putin and symbolic capital missing monuments , ex. People fighting on the soviet side, on the nazi side : ex. Lihula monument: commemorates those who fought on the german side, and this monument became more active (raised more money) after the collapse of communism. Erected 2002, then moved it because too controversial. Then in 2004: changed the inscription, doesn"t reference. Germany anymore (in homage to those who fight against bolsheviks and for the independence of. Then the monument was removed, and the removal was contested: ex. 2: bronze statue in tallin - removed to the tallin military cemetery. Statue in homage of the soviet liberators (from the nazis after ww2), but then became controversial because considered too russian. Bandera named a hero of ukraine by the president.
