The collapse of the communist states is regarded as the starting point of the new Europe. With this turning point, historical narratives have had to be rewritten in the post-socialist countries. Focusing on the little known case of Slovenia, this issue of zeitgeschichte offers a comprehensive survey of the transformations affecting collective memory and the writing of history in one post-communist country. The essays analyze the ways in which Slovenian society has grappled with traumatic historical events and thus give insight into the ongoing struggle over the interpretation of Slovenia’s past. Given the proliferating illiberal tendencies in the political culture of numerous European countries, the strategies of historical revisionism described in this issue are likely to be of considerable interest not only to scholars interested specifi cally in the case of Slovenia.
Inhalt
Heidemarie UhlEditorial177
Oto LutharIntroduction179
Artikel
Marta VerginellaPolitical Remake of Slovenian History and Trivialisation of Memory189
Bojan GodesaSlovenian Historiography in the Grip of Reconciliation205
Marko ZajcThe Politics of Memory in Slovenia and the Erection of the Monument to the Victims of All Wars225
Marusa PusnikMedia-Based Historical Revisionism and the Public’s Memories of theSecond World War241
Oto LutharThe Sanitation of Slovenian Post-Socialist Memorial Landscape261
zeitgeschichte extra
Petra MayrhoferSearching for “1989” on the Transnational Remembrance Landscape:A Topography277
Abstracts295
Rezensionen
Brigitte EntnerRobert Knight, Slavs in Post-Nazi Austria301
Heimo GruberAlfred Pfoser/Andreas Weigl, Die erste Stunde Null303
Franz MathisGünter Bischof/Hans Petschar, Der Marshallplan306
Autor/inn/en309