Prisoners of history : what monuments to the Second World War tell us about our history and ourselves / Keith Lowe.
By: Lowe, Keith [author.]
Publisher: London : William Collins, 2020Description: xxi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps (black and white)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780008339548; 9780008339555Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Monuments | War memorials -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 940.5465 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.5465 LOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021196 |
I. Heroes -- Russia : 'The Motherland Calls', Volgograd -- Russia and Poland : 'Four Sleepers' monument, Warsaw -- USA : Marine Corps Memorial, Arlington, Virginia -- UK : Bomber Command Memorial, London -- Italy : Shrine to the Fallen, Bologna -- Coda : the end of heroism -- II. Martyrs -- Netherlands : National Monument, Amsterdam -- China : Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall -- South Korea : Peace Statue, Seoul -- USA and Poland : Katyn Memorial, Jersey City -- Hungary : Monument for the Victims of German Occupation, Budapest -- Poland : Auschwitz -- III. Monsters -- Slovenia : Monument to the Victims of All Wars, Ljubljana -- Japan : Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo -- Italy : Mussolini's tomb, Predappio -- Germany : Hitler's bunker and the Topography of Terror, Berlin -- Lithuania : Statue of Stalin, Grūtas Park -- Coda : the value of monsters -- IV. Apocalypse -- France : Oradour-sur-Glane -- Germany : Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin -- Germany : Monument to the Victims of the Firestorm, Hamburg -- Japan: A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima and Peace Statue, Nagasaki -- V. Rebirth -- United Nations : UN Security Council Chamber Mural, New York -- Israel : Balcony at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem -- UK : Coventry Cathedral and the Cross of Nails -- European Union : Liberation Route Europe.