Abstract:In recent years the generation of German children born in the 1930s and 1940s have begun to speak publicly about their experiences during World War II, breaking their decades‐long silence apparently for the first time. Publications such as Sabine Bode's Die vergessene Generation: Die Kriegskinder brechen ihr Schweigen established a narrative of long‐term trauma, repression of memory, and an opportunity for release in the new, empathetic, post‐unification context. While their memories were afforded a privileged… Show more
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