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Table <strong>of</strong> contents<br />

Preface: Never Again 7<br />

Martin Schulz<br />

Preface: The Past Does Not Go Away 9<br />

Karl Duffek<br />

Introduction by <strong>the</strong> Editors 11<br />

<strong>Politics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Past: The Use <strong>and</strong> Ab<strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong> History 15<br />

Jan Marinus Wiersma<br />

THE PAST AS PRESENT 29<br />

Common Memory <strong>and</strong> European Identity<br />

Bronisław Geremek<br />

31<br />

The Word Concentration Camp means different 43<br />

Things to different People<br />

An interview with Norman Davies<br />

It Does Not Hurt to Apologise 61<br />

An interview with György Konrád<br />

HISTORICAL DILEMMAS 69<br />

Beyond History <strong>and</strong> <strong>Politics</strong><br />

Pierre Hassner<br />

71<br />

Memory Wars 81<br />

Krzyszt<strong>of</strong> Pomian<br />

Historians <strong>and</strong> Political Agendas 87<br />

Wim van Meurs<br />

The Use <strong>of</strong> History to Legitimize Political Power: 97<br />

The Case <strong>of</strong> Germany<br />

Martin Sabrow<br />

Historical Bias in Pol<strong>and</strong>: Lustration as a Political Instrument 105<br />

Andrzej Friszke<br />

European Social Democracy <strong>and</strong> 20 th Century Totalitarianism 113<br />

Bernd Faulenbach<br />

The Interpretation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union’s History: 121<br />

The Baltic Dimension<br />

Česlovas Laurinavičius

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