Zwischen politischen Strukturen und Zeitzeugenschaft

The study deals with the formation of the history of the Leningrad siege and it''s official commemoration in the late stalinist Soviet Union. Its focus is set on Leningrad historiography, literature and the Museum of the defense of Leningrad as three building sites" of war commemoration. These fields are analyzed, using an innovative actor-centered concept of commemoration in an approach to both: ...