In the mid-1990s, with the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one could have had the impression that a far-reaching public and comprehensive reappraisal of the German barbarism had taken place. By Marcus HawelMore ...
The term transitional justice describes efforts to come to terms with the consequences of violence and human rights abuses in the course of the transition from dictatorial regimes and tyrannies to democratic civil societies. By Constantin GoschlerMore ...
The Stasi Records Authority, headed by Marianne Birthler, the Federal Commissioner for the Files of the State Security Service of the Former German Democratic Republic, will remain independent for the time being. By Volker ThomasMore ...
With the SED dictatorship in the GDR and the National Socialist regime, Germany experienced two dictatorships in the 20th century. By Gabriele CamphausenMore ...
