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5 Germany: The Wall is Dead, Long Live the Wall!?

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Abstract

The chapter aims to provide an impetus for rethinking the (post-)socialist practice of remembrance in Germany. First, it provides an overview of the data on which the further explanations are built. The following section considers the role of the European Union in East Germany and how the European Union deals with (post-)socialist memory. It explains also how East Germany struggles with its integration in the European Community and later in the European Union and what role does the socialist remembrance play. How the theoretical approach of agonistic memory can be implemented in concrete terms is discussed in the following section by presenting policy recommendations for action in four areas – history, media, politics, and arts and culture.

Abstract

The chapter aims to provide an impetus for rethinking the (post-)socialist practice of remembrance in Germany. First, it provides an overview of the data on which the further explanations are built. The following section considers the role of the European Union in East Germany and how the European Union deals with (post-)socialist memory. It explains also how East Germany struggles with its integration in the European Community and later in the European Union and what role does the socialist remembrance play. How the theoretical approach of agonistic memory can be implemented in concrete terms is discussed in the following section by presenting policy recommendations for action in four areas – history, media, politics, and arts and culture.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of Figures and Table iv
  4. List of Abbreviations v
  5. About the Authors vii
  6. Acknowledgements x
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Methodology: From Research Results to Recommendations 16
  9. Non-EU Member States
  10. Bosnia and Herzegovina: From Coexistence to Unresolvable Past? 23
  11. Kosovo: Troubled Past and Its Path to Moving On 40
  12. EU Member States
  13. Germany: The Wall is Dead, Long Live the Wall!? 57
  14. Ireland beyond Ethnopolitics: Recommendations for All-Island Integration 72
  15. Spain: How to Overcome the Polarization about the Conflicts of the Past? 95
  16. Cyprus: The EU’s Role in Europe’s Last Divided Country 110
  17. Poland: Strategies for Challenging the Growing Dominance of Right-wing Memory Politics 126
  18. The European Union 143
  19. Conclusion 164
  20. Notes 171
  21. References 176
  22. Index 198
Troubled Pasts in Europe
This chapter is in the book Troubled Pasts in Europe
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529233643-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of Figures and Table iv
  4. List of Abbreviations v
  5. About the Authors vii
  6. Acknowledgements x
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Methodology: From Research Results to Recommendations 16
  9. Non-EU Member States
  10. Bosnia and Herzegovina: From Coexistence to Unresolvable Past? 23
  11. Kosovo: Troubled Past and Its Path to Moving On 40
  12. EU Member States
  13. Germany: The Wall is Dead, Long Live the Wall!? 57
  14. Ireland beyond Ethnopolitics: Recommendations for All-Island Integration 72
  15. Spain: How to Overcome the Polarization about the Conflicts of the Past? 95
  16. Cyprus: The EU’s Role in Europe’s Last Divided Country 110
  17. Poland: Strategies for Challenging the Growing Dominance of Right-wing Memory Politics 126
  18. The European Union 143
  19. Conclusion 164
  20. Notes 171
  21. References 176
  22. Index 198
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