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- Title
History, Memory, and the Second World War in Belarus* History, Memory, and the Second World War in Belarus.
- Authors
Marples, David R.
- Abstract
The paper examines the role of the German-Soviet war in nation-building in Alyaksandr Lukashenka's Belarus through the medium of contemporary popular narratives (media, movies, documentaries), monuments, and historical sites. After highlighting some examples in the former two categories, it focuses specifically on myth-making at three key historic sites - the Brest Hero Fortress, the Liniya Stalina museum, and the Khatyn historic complex - outlining the correlation between the official interpretation of wartime events at these sites and construction of modern-day Belarusian civic nationalism and nation building; the forging of links between veterans and youth for the evolution of memory into post-memory; and the elimination all vestiges of what is termed 'historical revisionism'.
- Subjects
BREST (Belarus); BELARUS; WORLD War II -- Historiography; HISTORICAL revisionism; HISTORY &; politics; WORLD War II -- Influence; WAR in mass media; NATION building; LUKASHENKO, Aleksandr, 1954-; POPULAR culture; NATIONALISM &; collective memory; KATYN Massacre, Katyn, Russia, 1940
- Publication
Australian Journal of Politics & History, 2012, Vol 58, Issue 3, p437
- ISSN
0004-9522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8497.2012.01646.x