Making sense of East Germany’s 1968: Multiple trajectories and contrasting memories

• Published in: Memory studies Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 53 - 69
• Main Author: von der Goltz, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2013
• Subjects: opposition; biography; oral history; East Germany; 1968; Prague Spring

This article investigates contrasting memories of East Germany’s 1968 based on a sample of six life story interviews. Given the iconic events of West Germany’s 1968, there has been a growing interest in the events happened on the other side of the Iron Curtain. In unified Germany, however, commemora...