Dresden as Opferstadt? : the politics of commemorating destruction, 1985-2005 Joel, Tony. 2008, Dresden as Opferstadt? : the politics of commemorating destruction, 1985-2005, Ph.D. thesis, School of History, Heritage and Society, Deakin University. Title Dresden as Opferstadt? : the politics of commemorating destruction, 1985-2005 Author Joel, Tony. orcid.org/0000-0001-8691-5348 Institution Deakin University School School of History, Heritage and Society Faculty Faculty of Arts and Education Degree name Ph.D. Date submitted 2008 Keyword(s) War victims - Germany World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British Public opinion - Germany Collective memory - Political aspects - Germany World War, 1939-1945 - Germany Dresden (Germany) - History - Commemoration - Bombardment, 1945 Summary Using public remembrance of the controversial WWII firebombing of Dresden as its case study, the thesis probes the politics of war memory and commemoration. It argues that before, during, and after Germany's reunification, Dresden was portrayed as a, if not the, leading paradigm of German wartime loss and suffering. Notes Degree conferred 2009. Language eng Description of original xii, 319 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. Dewey Decimal Classification 940.542132142 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30027408 Document type: Thesis Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of History, Heritage and Society Higher degree theses (citation only)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 15:58:50 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2011, 14:25:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 416 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 15:58:49 EST

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