The Holocaust and the West German historians : historical interpretation and autobiographical memory /
Nicolas Berg ; translated and edited by Joel Golb.
- Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (x, 334 pages .).
- George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preface -- Editorial Note by Joel Golb -- Introduction to the American Edition -- 1. Tragedy, Fate, and Breach: Friedrich Meinecke's The German Catastrophe (1946) and the Paradoxes of "National-Historical" Interpretation -- 2. "A Large Dark Stain on the German Shield of Honor": Gerhard Ritter, Hans Rothfels and the Denationalization of National Socialism -- 3. Herman Heimpel, Reinhard Wittram, and Fritz Ernst: : A "Demonstration of Protestant Penitence" in 1950s Germany -- 4. "How Difficult It Is Not to Write Powerfully about Auschwitz!": The Early Years of Munich's Institute for Contemporary History -- 5. "Prehistorical Excavations" and "Absolute Objectivity": On the Travail of the Polish Jewish Historian of the Holocaust Joseph Wulf -- Notes -- Index.