| Title of the article: |
«Historians’ Dispute» in Germany: the problem of responsibility for the Nazi crimes |
| Author(s): |
Rulinsky V. V. |
| Section: |
Issues of Culturology and History |
| Year: |
2013 |
| Issue: |
№ 1 (XXVII) |
| Pages: |
46-56 |
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| Abstract: |
The article deals with «Historians’ Dispute», one of the most important discussions in Germany after the Second World War. This dispute was about estimating the Nazi regime, finding out grounds and consequences of the Nazism and unleashing the Second World War. The author devotes special attention to an issue of the Nazi descendants’ responsibility for the crimes committed by their ancestors. |
| Keywords: |
Historians’ Dispute, the question of guilt, German history, Ju. Habermas, E. Nolte, Nazism |
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