The Memory of Guilt Revisited - The Slovenian Post-Socialist Remembrance Landscape in Transition

The collapse of the communist states is regarded as the starting point of the new Europe. With this turning point, historical narratives have had to be rewritten in the post-socialist countries. Focusing on the little known case of Slovenia, this issue of zeitgeschichte offers a comprehensive survey of the transformations affecting collective memory and the writing of history in one post-communist country. The essays analyze the ways in which Slovenian society has grappled with traumatic historical events and thus give insight into the ongoing struggle over the interpretation of Slovenia's past. Given the proliferating illiberal tendencies in the political culture of numerous European countries, the strategies of historical revisionism described in this issue are likely to be of considerable interest not only to scholars interested specifically in the case of Slovenia.

PD Dr. Heidemarie Uhl ist Senior Researcher am Institut für Kulturwissenschaften und Theatergeschichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Dozentin für Zeitgeschichte an der Universität Graz.