The German Trauma
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The German Trauma is a historical and psychological study by Gitta Sereny examining how ordinary Germans confronted, denied, and remembered the legacy of Nazism and the Holocaust after World War II.
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| The German Trauma canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ psychological study ⓘ |
| aboutEvent |
Holocaust remembrance in Germany
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World War II aftermath in Germany ⓘ |
| author | Gitta Sereny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
impact of Nazism on German identity
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long-term effects of totalitarianism ⓘ moral choices under dictatorship ⓘ |
| examines |
acknowledgment of responsibility
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denial of guilt ⓘ interviews with Germans after World War II ⓘ memory of Nazism ⓘ psychological mechanisms of denial ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
bystanders
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ordinary Germans ⓘ perpetrators of Nazi crimes ⓘ postwar German society ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust studies
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history ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
combination of historical research and psychological analysis
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use of extensive interviews ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical
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investigative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming to terms with the past
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guilt ⓘ memory and forgetting ⓘ responsibility ⓘ shame ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Germany
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Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazism NERFINISHED ⓘ collective memory ⓘ denazification ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ postwar Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
German Vergangenheitsbewältigung
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Holocaust historiography ⓘ Nazi war crimes trials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Cold War period
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post-World War II era ⓘ |
| workOf | Gitta Sereny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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