Commemoration of a Defeated Nation: German Cemeteries and Memorials of the First World War

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dc.contributor.advisorTimm, Annette F.
dc.contributor.authorGillen, Nicholas Brian
dc.contributor.committeememberSpangler, Jewel L.
dc.contributor.committeememberMarshall, David B.
dc.date2019-06
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-02T20:41:42Z
dc.date.available2019-05-02T20:41:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-29
dc.description.abstractThe memorialization of the First World War took different forms in each belligerent country. This study focuses on the German case and on memorials and cemeteries. The Volksbund Kriegsgräberfürsorge (The German War Graves Commission) in consultation with the responsible agencies in France, Belgium, Italy and other countries, worked together to build German cemeteries that were and still are a primary site of commemoration, since graveyards act as symbolic representations of the destructive and horrific nature of The Great War. Germany’s First World War memory is not a telling of the past but rather a commemorative act to focus on the men who died. This thesis investigates this memorialization through case studies of memorials dispersed along the Eastern and Western Fronts, as well as in select German cities. These sites provided a place to mourn and remember family members, friends, and loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice for the Fatherland. German municipalities constructed their own monuments dedicated to not only to the young men who died as a result of the war, but also the general population of German citizens whose lives were altered. Through a study of a select number of Germany’s First World War cemeteries and war memorials, I decipher the commemorative approach to German war memory in modern society, and how the war is currently remembered in a society that lost the war.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGillen, N. B. (2019). Commemoration of a Defeated Nation: German Cemeteries and Memorials of the First World War (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36439
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110256
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectCommemorationen_US
dc.subjectMilitary Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationEconomics--Historyen_US
dc.titleCommemoration of a Defeated Nation: German Cemeteries and Memorials of the First World Waren_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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