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Facing a Difficult Past? The Yser Tower in Dixmude, Belgium
- "No more war" is the message the Yser Tower Museum in the small Belgian town of Dixmunde tries to convey. It seems as if this war museum which showcases the atrocities of the First World War at an authentic site would like to be a museum for peace. Yet by opting for a pacifist narrative the museum bypasses the complex history of the site itself. It avoids any in-depth discussion about the controversial history of the Yser Tower and its role in the efforts to construct a Flemish nation.
Document Type: | Article |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0056 |
Creator and project details | |
Author: | Maarten Van AlsteinGND |
Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
Title details | |
Title (English): | Facing a Difficult Past? The Yser Tower in Dixmude, Belgium |
Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
Release Date: | 2020/02/12 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2019/01/08 |
Date of first Publication: | 2016/11/16 |
Language: | English |
Subject indexing | |
DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
Tag: | nationalism Belgium; First World War; Flemish history; pacifism; victims |
GND Keyword: | Belgien; Flamen; Weltkrieg <1914-1918>; Pazifismus; Yserturm Diksmuide; Nationalbewusstsein |
Manifestation description (file/s) | |
File Size: | 5312 KB |
MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
Legal information | |
Licence / Usage Agreement (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |