Explore our collection of articles! The compilation has been created for all those wishing to learn more about the complex issues underpinning 20th-century European history and memory. It consists of both academic and popular pieces, all written and/or edited by experts in their field. The articles cover a wide range of topics, from historical summaries and social history to contemporary commemoration practices.

The Bulgarian Round Table and its Contribution to the Constitution of 1991
Dimitar Ganev

The Bulgarian Round Table and its Contribution to the Constitution of 1991

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20 August 2014
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  • National Round Table
  • Bulgaria
  • 1991
  • constitution
On Dealing with the Heritage of the Ministry for State Security in Germany
Roland Jahn

On Dealing with the Heritage of the Ministry for State Security in Germany

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20 August 2014
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  • transitional justice
  • Germany
  • East Germany
  • GDR
  • Stasi
  • SED
  • remembrance
The Autumn of the Nations - 25 years later: Aleksander Kaczorowski
Aleksander Kaczorowski

The Autumn of the Nations - 25 years later: Aleksander Kaczorowski

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • transformation
  • freedom express
  • Central Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Autumn of Nations
The Autumn of Nations: History Comes Back with a Bang: Oana Popescu
Oana Popescu

The Autumn of Nations: History Comes Back with a Bang: Oana Popescu

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • transformation
  • freedom express
  • Central Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Autumn of Nations
The Autumn of Nations – 25 years later: Vladislav L. Inozemtsev
Vladislav L. Inozemtsev

The Autumn of Nations – 25 years later: Vladislav L. Inozemtsev

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • transformation
  • freedom express
  • Central Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Autumn of Nations
The Autumn of Nations – 25 years later: Brendan Peter Simms
Brendan Peter Simms

The Autumn of Nations – 25 years later: Brendan Peter Simms

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • transformation
  • freedom express
The Autumn of Nations – 25 years after: Aviezer Tucker
Aviezer Tucker

The Autumn of Nations – 25 years after: Aviezer Tucker

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • transformation
  • freedom express
  • Autumn of Nations
  • elites
The Autumn of Nations – 25 Years After: Marek A. Cichocki
Marek A. Cichocki

The Autumn of Nations – 25 Years After: Marek A. Cichocki

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • transformation
  • Central Europe
  • Autumn of Nations
The Autumn of Nations 1989 and the Ukrainian Winter 2013-14: Tatiana Zhurzhenko
Tatiana Zhurzhenko

The Autumn of Nations 1989 and the Ukrainian Winter 2013-14: Tatiana Zhurzhenko

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • freedom express
  • Ukraine
  • Russia
Sites of memory, sites of rejoicing. The Great War in Czech and Slovak Cultural History
James Krapfl

Sites of memory, sites of rejoicing. The Great War in Czech and Slovak Cultural History

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20 August 2014
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  • Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I
  • Slovakia
  • Czech Republic
  • Czechia
Review: The Stockholm “Solidarity” Memoirs
Paweł Jaworski

Review: The Stockholm “Solidarity” Memoirs

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20 August 2014
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  • Solidarity
  • book review
  • Sweden
Review: The Black Cross. Remembering the Victims of War – for Peace
Sabine Stadler

Review: The Black Cross. Remembering the Victims of War – for Peace

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20 August 2014
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  • Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I
  • Second World War
  • book review
  • Austrian Black Cross
Review: Patrick Pesnot, Russian Spies: From Stalin to Putin
Przemysław Furgacz

Review: Patrick Pesnot, Russian Spies: From Stalin to Putin

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20 August 2014
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  • Russia
  • book review
  • spies
Review: Jan Salm, The Reconstruction of Eastern Prussian Cities after World War I
Małgorzata Popiołek

Review: Jan Salm, The Reconstruction of Eastern Prussian Cities after World War I

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20 August 2014
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  • Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I
  • book review
  • Prussia
Review: Elisabeth Kübler, European politics of memory. The Council of Europe and the remembrance of the Holocaust
Jenny Wüstenberg

Review: Elisabeth Kübler, European politics of memory. The Council of Europe and the remembrance of the Holocaust

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20 August 2014
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  • Holocaust
  • book review
  • memory politics
  • Council of Europe
Relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Peoples’ Republic of Poland [...]
Burkhard Olschowsky

Relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Peoples’ Republic of Poland [...]

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • Poland
  • Solidarity
  • Germany
  • National Round Table
Regime Change in Hungary
Ignác Romsics

Regime Change in Hungary

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20 August 2014
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  • transformation
  • Hungary
  • National Round Table
Passing the Torch, despite Bananas. The Twentieth‑Anniversary Commemorations of 1989 in Central Europe
James Krapfl

Passing the Torch, despite Bananas. The Twentieth‑Anniversary Commemorations of 1989 in Central Europe

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20 August 2014
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  • 1989
  • transformation
  • Poland
  • Hungary
  • Central Europe
  • Romania
  • Germany
  • Slovakia
  • Czech Republic