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Generational Discontinuities and the Memory of Traumatic Events: the Case of Eastern Europe with a Special Focus on Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2020

Alessandro Cavalli
Alessandro Cavalli*
Affiliation:
Spianata Castelletto, 23/11, 16124Genova, Italy. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In certain contingencies, traumatic events intervene in breaking the continuity of the life of social communities or whole societies. Such events include natural catastrophes but also wars or revolutions. This article looks in particular at recollections of the Second World War.

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European Review , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 869 - 879
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© Academia Europaea 2020

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