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Introduction: Shadowlands -- Understanding collective memory and national identity -- Between Teuton and Slav -- Historians as "carriers of meaning" -- Voicing post-Soviet histories -- A winner's tale : the clash of private and public memories in post-Soviet Estonia -- Conclusion: Framing past and future -- Appendices

Wie wurde Erich Honecker von den Printmedien von seinem Machtantritt 1971 bis zu seinem Tod 1994 eingeschätzt? Von welchen Faktoren war die Beurteilung abhängig? Welche Rolle spielten die Arbeitsbedingungen der Journalisten? Welche Folgen hatte das veröffentlichte Bild?Die Arbeit spürt diesen Fragen nach. 856 Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenartikel vor allem der deutschsprachigen, aber auch der internationalen Presse bilden das Datenmaterial. Mit vier ehemaligen DDR-Korrespondenten wurden Gespräche geführt, um die Ergebnisse zu diskutieren.

Located within the forgotten half of Europe, historically trapped between Germany and Russia, Estonia has been profoundly shaped by the violent conflicts and shifting political fortunes of the last century. This innovative study traces the tangled interaction of Estonian historical memory and national identity in a sweeping analysis extending from the Great War to the present day. At its heart is the enduring anguish of World War Two and the subsequent half-century of Soviet rule. Shadowlands tells this story by foregrounding the experiences of the country's intellectuals, who were instrumental in sustaining Estonian historical memory, but who until fairly recently could not openly grapple with their nation's complex, difficult past.

Memories, both in individual and collective form, still have a significant impact on how people relate to political processes in Europe today. While much has been written about top-down attempts by states and political actors to mould people's memories of the past through public commemoration, textbooks, or monuments, this volume takes a few from below by focusing on different types of societal actors and the ways in which they interact with the political world in order to influence collective memory. Presented within a comprehensive conceptual framework, the empirical cases focus on three countries of the former Soviet Union: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. They show that different or even antagonistic perceptions of the recent past not only appear between different ethnic groups, but also between socio-economic groups, different age groups or generations as well as between women and men. Moreover, they give an impressive account on the multiple ways in which these perceptions empower individuals and groups to seek greater influce in the construction of collective memory. The volume, therefore, not only provides a valuable and fresh perspective on the relationship between social memory and democratic politics, but also contributes to post-Communist regional studies in the enlarged European Union. (Routledge)