INDG 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Angela Merkel, Siddi, Mikhail Gorbachev
9 Jun 2018
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Lecture 23
THE PAST IS NEVER THE PAST
“Germany WW2 tow: Angela Merkel must admit Holocaust blame blasts polish politician (UK)
THE WORLD WAR II MEMORY WARS
massive monument commemorating soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad
it shaped the entire post war order
soviet memories everywhere, often at highest point in capital cities
WWII was much more complicated than the Soviet memory regime assumed it was
WWII MNEMONIC COMMUNITIES (SIDDI 2016)
HE SAYS THERE Are four different memory regimes since collapse of Soviet Union
- Atlantic/Western European
- German
- Russian: picks up on old soviet narrative
formative moment for Russia and the Russian people
- East-Central European: opposed to the Russian one, they are mutually exclusive
this one focuses on the fact that they were sold out by the Soviet Union w the Nazi-Soviet pact
- Nazi-soviet pact
- emphasis on anti-Soviet partisans and/or those who fought on the other side (German side)
- Soviet “liberations” as imperial takeovers
RED ARMY MONUMENT IN BUDAPEST
fence
RUSSIA AND THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
2015: The Patriot Park outside of Moscow was opened
STORMING THE REICHSTAG
cult of WW2 has been declining during Gorbachev
statues of Zhukov put up in honor of anniversary of victory in the Great patriotic war
+ opening of the Victory Park
CATHEDRAL OF ST GEORGE
not only religious symbol, there is a synagogue and a mosque
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
guard added
under Putin it’s taken to a new level, reappearance of Stalin in Victory Park Museum
When Soviet Union collapsed, all Stalin statues were taken away but now they’re coming back
revolution in Ukraine: effort to use memory of Patriotic War for political purposes
2005: The Ribbon of St George Revival was distributed on patriotic holidays
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Document Summary
Germany ww2 tow: angela merkel must admit holocaust blame blasts polish politician (uk) The world war ii memory wars massive monument commemorating soviet victory in the battle of stalingrad it shaped the entire post war order soviet memories everywhere, often at highest point in capital cities. Wwii was much more complicated than the soviet memory regime assumed it was. He says there are four different memory regimes since collapse of soviet union. Russian: picks up on old soviet narrative formative moment for russia and the russian people. East-central european: opposed to the russian one, they are mutually exclusive this one focuses on the fact that they were sold out by the soviet union w the nazi-soviet pact. Emphasis on anti-soviet partisans and/or those who fought on the other side (german side) 2015: the patriot park outside of moscow was opened.
