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Nation Building in Contemporary Germany. The strange transformation of Hitler’s “word made of stone“

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2013
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Beckstein, M. (2013). Nation Building in Contemporary Germany. The strange transformation of Hitler’s “word made of stone“. Nations and Nationalism, 19(4), 761–780. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12024

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This article examines the contending redefinitions of national identity in contemporary Germany's memorial culture, focusing particularly on the ensemble of monuments and parade fields known as the former Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg. In a detailed case study, I analyse the recent conversion of one of the physical remnants of National Socialism – Albert Speer's transformer station – into a fast-food restaurant and interpret this conversion as a novel contribution to the discourse on German nationhood. I argue that the provoca

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19

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4

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2013-08-30

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1354-5078

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Beckstein, M. (2013), Nation-building in contemporary Germany: the strange conversion of Hitler's ‘word made of stone’. Nations and Nationalism, 19: 761–780. doi: 10.1111/nana.12024, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nana.12024. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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Beckstein, M. (2013). Nation Building in Contemporary Germany. The strange transformation of Hitler’s “word made of stone“. Nations and Nationalism, 19(4), 761–780. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12024

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