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Ambivalent Memories: Commemorating 8 and 9 May in Kharkiv, Ukraine

  • 75 years after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945, different narratives of the war still mark public commemorations across the former Soviet Union, epitomized by two dates: 8 and 9 May. In Ukraine today, both are official commemorations days yet they are surrounded by contentious debates about history and identity. The article zooms in on this year's commemorations in Kharkiv discussing these debates and what they tell us about Ukraine’s evolving memory culture.

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0120
Creator and project details
Author:Laura EcklGND, Jan C. Bever
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):Ambivalent Memories: Commemorating 8 and 9 May in Kharkiv, Ukraine
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2022/12/09
Date of Publication (online):2022/12/07
Date of first Publication:2020/08/31
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:8 May; 9 May; Commemoration; Second World war; Ukraine; Victory Day; decommunization
GND Keyword:Ukraine; Weltkrieg <1939-1945>; Kapitulation Deutschlands <1945>; Kriegsende; Gedenkfeier
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File Size:918 KB
MIME-Type:application/pdf
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