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Paul Hockenos

Germany Year 1968: Democratic Turning Point or Annus Terriblis? Germany’s debate over the rebellious sixties has everything to do with the present

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“The upper hand in the interpretation of the past determines who will hold power in the future; this is why the historical view of the victor is always so vigorously contested.”  — German historian Edgar Wolfrum There’s no place like Germany for wrenching, introspective public debates over national history and collective memory. This phenomenon itself…

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