TY - JOUR A1 - Volf, Darina A2 - von Puttkamer, Joachim A2 - Kopeček, Michal A2 - Borodziej, Włodzimierz T1 - Shifting Attitudes Toward the Second World War Commemorations in the Czech Republic T2 - Cultures of History Forum N2 - This article explores public opinion, commemorations and debates surrounding the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and traces commemoration-related changes since 1989 in the Czech Republic. It argues that the period of essentially ignoring the memories of the former communist narrative has come to an end: we now see a tendency to retrieve those former memories and, as a result, there is greater pluralism in the narration of the past in the public space. KW - Czech Republic KW - Second World War KW - commemoration KW - public memory KW - Tschechische Republik KW - Weltkrieg <1939-1945> KW - Kollektives Gedächtnis KW - Gedenkfeier Y1 - 2016 UR - https://digital.herder-institut.de/publications/frontdoor/index/index/docId/81 ER -