Defending the Nation or Violating Human Rights? The Autobiographical Memory of Former Border Soldiers of the GDR after 1990

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This project analyses the connection between politics, collective and individual memory by exploring acollection of life story interviews with former border soldiers of the GDR. In light of onging debates aboutthe shortcomings of the unification process and the disregard of East German experiences, it will bringthe voices of men which have no recognition in debates about the commemoration of the GDR to thefore. The project will explore how they perceived their military service and how their interpretationschanged with the judicial scrutiny and political and media debates about the "coming to terms" in unifiedGermany.