Identity building after the rupture
Identity building after the rupture
Post-war memorials in Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s): Arnold BartetzkySubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Central Europe post 1918;identity – construction
Summary/Abstract: Following the First World War, a significant number of conspicuous monuments and memorials were put up in Central and Eastern Europe. More than just an attempt to come to terms with the trauma of the war, they were also a method of nation- and state-building. Consequently, it was associated with the revival or invention of traditions in order to stabilise the societies in the newly founded, re-founded or reshaped states.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 06 (34)
- Page Range: 32-39
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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