Abstract:This paper examines the controversy triggered by the „Wehrmachtsausstellung“, an exhibition on the war crimes of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, displayed from 1995 to 1999. By analysing the debates surrounding the controversy, it shall be investigated to what extent generationally different approaches of remembrance of National Socialism and the Holocaust emerged in the course of the discussions. As will be shown, the controversy partially emerged due to the generational shift concerning history an… Show more
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