Holocaust and the West German historians : historical interpretation and autobiographical memory, The
Historians Historiography Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) HISTORY Germany
The University of Wisconsin Press
2015
EISBN 9780299300838
Preface.
Editorial Note by Joel Golb.
Introduction to the American Edition.
1. Tragedy, Fate, and Breach: Friedrich Meinecke's The German Catastrophe (1946) and the Paradoxes of "National-Historical" Interpretation.
2. "A Large Dark Stain on the German Shield of Honor": Gerhard Ritter, Hans Rothfels and the Denationalization of National Socialism.
3. Herman Heimpel, Reinhard Wittram, and Fritz Ernst: : A "Demonstration of Protestant Penitence" in 1950s Germany.
4. "How Difficult It Is Not to Write Powerfully about Auschwitz!": The Early Years of Munich's Institute for Contemporary History.
5. "Prehistorical Excavations" and "Absolute Objectivity": On the Travail of the Polish Jewish Historian of the Holocaust Joseph Wulf.
Notes.
Index.
Editorial Note by Joel Golb.
Introduction to the American Edition.
1. Tragedy, Fate, and Breach: Friedrich Meinecke's The German Catastrophe (1946) and the Paradoxes of "National-Historical" Interpretation.
2. "A Large Dark Stain on the German Shield of Honor": Gerhard Ritter, Hans Rothfels and the Denationalization of National Socialism.
3. Herman Heimpel, Reinhard Wittram, and Fritz Ernst: : A "Demonstration of Protestant Penitence" in 1950s Germany.
4. "How Difficult It Is Not to Write Powerfully about Auschwitz!": The Early Years of Munich's Institute for Contemporary History.
5. "Prehistorical Excavations" and "Absolute Objectivity": On the Travail of the Polish Jewish Historian of the Holocaust Joseph Wulf.
Notes.
Index.
