Klas-Göran Karlsson Libros

Exploring the concept of historical lessons, this book presents a novel analytical model emphasizing that individuals are intertwined with history, both shaping and sharing it. It identifies "borderline historical events" as key sources for extracting meaningful lessons, focusing on significant scholarly works related to the Holocaust and Soviet terror. By analyzing influential texts from the 1960s to contemporary studies, it reveals how interpretations and lessons from these events have evolved over the past fifty years, aiming to bridge the gap between public and scholarly discourse.

This collection explores the questions of whether, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism could and should be situated within a single coherent narrative. The contributors examine ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial in orde...