WWII, remembering differently

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<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/dossier.asp?id=169>WWII, remembering
differently
For Europe, the Second World War ended with the surrender of Germany on May
8, 1945. But the euphoria was short-lived, particularly for countries which
came under the Soviet yoke. So how do Europeans view their past, and will
this affect their future?


Margarete Hurn - Bratislava

<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1218>End of the War but not
of occupation
<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1218>The Moscow
celebrations marking the liberation of Europe from Nazism were attended by
heads of state from around the world. But for some countries, namely the
Baltic States and Poland, the anniversary has them seeing red all over
again.


Sally Johnson - London

<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1216>"Young people are not
aware of the facts of the war"
<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1216>Laurence Rees, the
award-winning Creative Director of BBC History Programmes, talks to <i>café
babel</i> about his disquiet over the equation of Nazi war crimes with
Allied bombings and young people's limited knowledge of the war.


Miranda Hearn - London

<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1217>With Europe, but not of it
<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1217>Could differences
between Britain's World War Two experience and that of the other European
countries be the reason for British indifference towards European
integration?


Sarah Wolff - Paris

<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3756>Identity and
collective European memory
<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3756>The European identity
required reconstruction in the aftermath of the Second World War. It is now
time for the European populations to come together and create a shared,
common history. For some things, time cannot heal.


Ruth Bender/Clémence Delmas - Paris/Berlin

<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3751>Understanding history
for the future
<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3751>How does the EU
generation come to terms with Europe's past? A French girl in Berlin and a
German girl in Paris think about history and what we can learn from it.


Albert Padrós - Paris

<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3754>Peace is no longer enough
<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3754>The European project
cannot continue to base its legitimacy on a peace which has long since been
achieved. Whilst for some politicians it is the EU's raison d'etre, for the
'Eurogeneration' the Second World War belongs in the history books.



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War II: 60th Anniversary Quiz
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