Collective Memories of WWII Collaboration in Belgium and Attitudes About Amnesty in the Two Main Linguistic Communities
Collaboration with the Nazi occupier during WWII has always been a topic of dissent between French-speakers (FS) and Dutch-speakers (DS) in Bel- gium. According to a popular myth coined after the war and often narrated in the media and literature, collabo- ration was widespread in Flanders, whereas Walloons bravely resisted, although historical reality is much more nuanced. These representations regularly resur- face in political debates surrounding the Belgian linguis- tic conflict. Demands for amnesty addressed by national- ist Flemish parties are a case in point. A questionnaire survey (N =... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Schlagwörter: | Psychologie sociale / collective memory / collaboration / WWII / Belgium / linguistic communities / amnesty |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28945230 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/218399 |