Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe 1945–2023

<p>This edited volume is a sequel to and a development of <em>The Long Aftermath: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War 1936–2016 </em>(2016). It focuses on the six major European countries and states that remained officially neutral throughout the Second World War namely Ireland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland and the Vatican.</p><p>Its transnational comparative and interdisciplinary approach addresses complex questions pertaining to collective remembrance national policies and politics and intellectual as well as cultural responses to neutrality during and after the conflict. The contributions are from a broad range of scholars working across the disciplines of history literature film media and cultural studies. Their thought-provoking chapters challenge many assumptions about neutrality in the post-war European and global context thereby filling a gap in the existing scholarship.</p><p>Common themes that run through the volume include the intertwined and dynamic links between neutrality and moral responsibility during and after the Second World War the importance of memory politics and popular culture in shaping collective memories and the impact of the Holocaust in shifting traditional perspectives on neutrality since the 1990s. This volume will be of interest to undergraduates postgraduates scholars interested in the field of memory studies as well as non-specialist readers.</p>