Teaching a dark chapter history books and the holocaust in Italy and the Germanys / Daniela R. P. Weiner.

Author/creator Weiner, Daniela R. P., 1990-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2024.
Descriptionxii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents The "dark chapter" -- The laboratory of democracy: Italy, 1943-1946 -- "We have decided not to kill the Germans, but to educate them": Educational reform in quadripartite Germany -- "History as the crux of our problem": Fixing history textbooks in occupied Germany -- History as political education: Mustering contemporary history in the fight against fascism -- Early grapplings: The textbooks and Jewish victims -- Redeeming the state: Resistance in the textbooks -- Turbulent times and stagnant schoolbooks: The textbooks fall behind -- Living historical practice: New approaches to the Fascist / Nazi past -- The double reversal: East Germany leaps ahead -- History lessons.
Abstract "The book studies how the Holocaust was taught in Italian, East German, and West German postwar history textbooks during the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-258) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2023057745
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