Karlsson, Klas-Göran.

Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism : A Comnaz Analysis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (211 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Evil Twins of Modern History? -- Chapter Two: Making Sense of Inhumanity -- Chapter Three: The Dystopian Trilemma -- Chapter Four: The Intertwined History of Political Violence in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany -- Chapter Five: Herbert Norkus and Pavel Morozov as Totalitarian Child Martyrs -- Chapter Six: Communism's Compelling Grasp -- Chapter Seven: The Lontsky Street Prison Memorial Museum -- Chapter Eight: Writing History, Denying the Past -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

This collection explores the questions of whether, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism could and should be situated within a single coherent narrative. The contributors examine ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial in order to critically analyze these complex, entangled historical phenomena.

9781498518710


Soviet Union - Politics and government - 1936-1953.


Electronic books.

JC480 -- .P475 2015eb

335.4309