January 1, 2001Law & Society Review

Selective Memory: How the Law Affects What We Remember and Forget about the Past—The Case of East Germany

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This is an essay about public memory and about the ways in which the law selects and shapes our recollections of the past to fit the purposes of those who dominate the present.

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This is an essay about public memory and about the ways in which the law selects and shapes our recollections of the past to fit the purposes of those who dominate the present.

Selective Memory: How the Law Affects What We Remember and Forget about the Past—The Case of East Germany

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Selective Memory: How the Law Affects What We Remember and Forget about the Past—The Case of East Germany

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