Perspectives on the entangled history of communism and Nazism : a comnaz analysis / edited by Klas-Goran Karlsson, Johan Stenfeldt, and Ulf Zander.

Contributor(s): Karlsson, Klas-Goran [author,, editor.] | Stenfeldt, Johan, 1978- [author,, editor.] | Zander, Ulf [author,, editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (211 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781498518710Subject(s): Totalitarianism | Communism | National socialism | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953 | Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Perspectives on the entangled history of communism and Nazism : a comnaz analysis.DDC classification: 335.4309 LOC classification: JC480 | .P475 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction / Klas-Goran Karlsson, Johan Stenfeldt, and Ulf Zander -- The evil twins of modern history? : patterns of communism-National Socialism entanglement / Klas-Goran Karlsson -- Making sense of inhumanity : on the treatment of an open wound in our history culture / Jorn Rusen -- The dystopian trilemma : the guiding potential of the Nazi-communist equalization and strategies used when questioning it / Johan Stenfeldt -- The intertwined history of political violence in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany : the case study of Helmut Weiss / Anton Weiss-Wendt -- Herbert Norkus and Pavel Morozov as totalitarian child martyrs : a study of political religion / Johan Dietsch -- Communism's compelling grasp : enduring the gulag and enduring loyalty / Nanci Adler -- The Lontsky Street Prison Memorial Museum : an example of postcommunist holocaust negationism / John-Paul Himka -- Writing history, denying the past? : on revisionism, the holocaust and soviet terror / Maria Karlsson.
Summary: "This collection explores the questions of whether, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism could and should be situated within a single coherent narrative. The contributors examine ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial in order to critically analyze these complex, entangled historical phenomena"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Klas-Goran Karlsson, Johan Stenfeldt, and Ulf Zander -- The evil twins of modern history? : patterns of communism-National Socialism entanglement / Klas-Goran Karlsson -- Making sense of inhumanity : on the treatment of an open wound in our history culture / Jorn Rusen -- The dystopian trilemma : the guiding potential of the Nazi-communist equalization and strategies used when questioning it / Johan Stenfeldt -- The intertwined history of political violence in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany : the case study of Helmut Weiss / Anton Weiss-Wendt -- Herbert Norkus and Pavel Morozov as totalitarian child martyrs : a study of political religion / Johan Dietsch -- Communism's compelling grasp : enduring the gulag and enduring loyalty / Nanci Adler -- The Lontsky Street Prison Memorial Museum : an example of postcommunist holocaust negationism / John-Paul Himka -- Writing history, denying the past? : on revisionism, the holocaust and soviet terror / Maria Karlsson.

"This collection explores the questions of whether, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism could and should be situated within a single coherent narrative. The contributors examine ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial in order to critically analyze these complex, entangled historical phenomena"-- Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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