Kriegerdenkmale ALS Kulturobjekte: Trauer- Und Nationskonzepte in Monumenten Der Weimarer Republik (Kolner Historische Abhandlungen) (German Edition)

Wie betrauerten die Deutschen nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg ihre Toten? Und auf welche Weise wurde das Nationale in Monumenten stetig umgedeutet? Die nach 1918 in Berlin, München und Bonn errichteten Denkmale bildeten ein wesentliches Fundament nationalen Selbstverständnisses. Institutionell starke Gruppen konstruierten in ihnen Sinnwelten, die aufs Engste mit der kollektiven Identitätsstiftung verknüpft waren. Zugleich war kein modernes Artefakt so sehr durch Identitätsverlust gekennzeichnet wie das Kriegs­monument der Weimarer Republik. Diese Studie gibt einen tiefen kulturgeschichtlichen Einblick in die am Denkmal manifesten Mikrokosmen der Trauer und des Nationalen und macht deutlich, dass der Kriegstod nicht nur zugunsten des Nationalen aufgehoben, sondern auch entpolitisiert wurde. How did the Germans mourn their dead after World War I? And in what sense was the Nation constantly reinterpreted in monuments? Monuments erected in 1918 in Berlin, Munich and Bonn created an essential foundation of national identity. Institutionally strong groups constructed worlds of meaning in them, which were closely linked with the collective identity. At the same time not a modern artifact was so marked by loss of identity as the war monument in the Weimar Republic. This study provides a deep,cultural-historical insight into the microcosms of mourning and Nation manifest in the memorial monument and makes it clear that war casualties were not only benefited by abandoning the Nation, but were also depoliticized. How did the Germans mourn their dead after World War I? And in what sense was the Nation constantly reinterpreted in monuments? Monuments erected in 1918 in Berlin, Munich and Bonn created an essential foundation of national identity. Institutionally strong groups constructed worlds of meaning in them, which were closely linked with the collective identity. At the same time not a modern artifact was so marked by loss of identity as the war monument in the Weimar Republic. This study provides a deep, cultural-historical insight into the microcosms of mourning and Nation manifest in the memorial monument and makes it clear that war casualties were not only benefited by abandoning the Nation, but were also depoliticized