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The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War.

DOI: 10.1057/9780230306943

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Editor's introduction

Wintle Michael

1-18

Human rights and European identity since World War II

Porsdam Helle

21-36

Before integration

Schulz-Forberg Hagen

37-54

From war talk to rights talk

Winter Jay

55-72

Myth and history in European post-war history writing

Ifversen Jan

75-91

From Nazi legacy to Cold War

Webster Wendy

92-110

The Nordic way out

der Liet Henk van

111-123

"Europe is the country of the spirit"

van Montfrans Manet

124-137

Max Kohnstamm's new Europe

van Heerikhuizen Annemarie

159-170

Atoms for Europe

Spiering Menno

171-185

Before self-reflexivity

Schmale Wolfgang

186-201

Holocaust literature and the shaping of European identity after the second world war

Simonsen Karen-Margrethe L.

205-223

Goodbye to all that?

Zwiep Irene E

224-234

Language out of darkness

Gil Soeiro Ricardo

235-246