Remembering Right-Wing Violence in Post-unification Eastern Germany: From Disrupted Heimat to the Practice of Beheimatung?
After the demise of the German Democratic Republic, social and economic instability, coupled with the growth of right-wing extremism, resulted in a number of violent and racist attacks on migrant workers as well as riots that lasted several days. This article examines the ways in which these attacks...
| Publicado en: | German Politics & Society Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 41 - 65 |
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Winter2024
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