New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
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Part of the series Contemporary European history v. 7;Studies in contemporary European history 7.
Notes:

• Papers from an international colloquium held in Paris, France, in April 3-4, 2006.
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• A new perspective on the war / Henry Rousso — Conceptualizing the occupations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (1933/1944) / Benoît Majerus — The role of the war in national societies : the examples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands / Chantal Kesteloot — Myths and realities of the People’s War in Britain / John Ramsden — We can take it! : Britain and the memory of the home front in the Second World War / Mark Connelly — Experience and memory : the Second World War in Poland / Piotr Madajczyk — Remembering and researching the war : the Soviet and Russian experience / Sergei Kudryashov — Bombing and land war in Italy : military strategy, reactions, and collective memory / Gabriella Gribaudi — Italy as occupier in the Balkans : remembrance and war crimes after 1945 / Filippo Focardi — Brest under bombardment (1940/1944) : being in war / Pierre Le Goïc — Experiences of war, memories of war, and political behavior : the example of the French Communist Party / Philippe Buton — The air war, the public, and cycles of memory / Dietmar Süss — The long shadows of the Second World War : the impact of experiences and memories of war on West German society / Axel Schildt — The war in postwar society : the role of the Second World War in public and private spheres in the Soviet occupation zone and early GDR / Dorothee Wierling — Violence and victimhood : looking back at the world wars in Europe / Richard Bessel — The meanings of the Second World War in contemporary European history / Jörg Echternkamp and Stefan Martens.

Subjects:

• World War, 1939-1945 — Social aspects — Europe — Congresses.
• World War, 1939-1945 — Europe — Historiography — Congresses.
• World War, 1939-1945 — Influence — Congresses.
• Experience — Social aspects — Europe — History — 20th century — Congresses.
• Collective memory — Europe — History — 20th century — Congresses.
• War and society — Europe — History — 20th century — Congresses.
• Violence — Social aspects — Europe — History — 20th century — Congresses.
• Europe — Social conditions — 20th century — Congresses.

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