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Remembering the Iron Curtain: Diverse Memory Events after 1989
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 June 2022
Abstract
This article focuses on one section of the former Iron Curtain between Hungary and Austria that incorporates diverse memory events after the political change in 1989. The article concentrates on the Hungarian region during the last nearly three decades and investigates the actors and the memories of the former historic period, which show a uniquely diverse set of realizations. Among others, two private museums about the Iron Curtain (established and managed by two former border guards) and a memorial park (commemorating only one day, established and managed by a civil organization) in comparison to the official narrative presented in the last room of the permanent exhibition at the Hungarian National Museum in the capital are subjects of this investigation. Besides the actual memory places and the actors (those who initiated, maintain, and visit these memory spots), their relationship and role in the formation of the regional identity are also analyzed. As theoretical background, the connection between heritage, museum, and memory; the notion of post-Soviet nostalgia; authenticity; and the importance of time are activated for the analysis and to disentangle the complexity of the chosen case study.
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- Nationalities Papers , Volume 51 , Issue 3: Special Issue on Beyond the National Museum Paradigm , May 2023 , pp. 583 - 602
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- © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for the Study of Nationalities
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