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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221102985
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 306
Size : 135 x 215 mm
Auschwitz, Sixty Years Later

Release date : 06/01/2005

Another book on Auschwitz? Yes, because Auschwitz, which sums up in one place and in one name the criminality of the Nazi regime, has become a kind of screen onto which individuals and communities project their nightmares and their dreams. Disconnected from its history, it...

Another book on Auschwitz? Yes, because Auschwitz, which sums up in one place and in one name the criminality of the Nazi regime, has become a kind of screen onto which individuals and communities project their nightmares and their dreams. Disconnected from its history, it has become a concept, a symbol, or the springboard for a European conscience. Annette Wieviorka, author of many articles and books on the subject, restores Auschwitz to History and reconstitutes what the place was and how it developped, thus helping to understand what is at stake in the polemics that have arisen around its memory and to give meaning to the museum-camp that it has become.

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EAN : 9782221102985
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 306
Size : 135 x 215 mm
Robert Laffont