Der Erste Weltkrieg in Der Chemnitzer Erinnerungskultur Von 1918-2018

»The First World War in the Memory Culture of Chemnitz from 1918-2018«: The debate about the defeat in the First World War crucially characterized the German postwar society in Chemnitz. The Weimar Republic, National Socialism, GDR and FRG tried to deal with the legacy of over two million fallen soldiers in different ways. Grief, worship and vengeance are the subjects that can be found in the inscriptions and symbols of the memorials of the First World War, giving information about the reflection of the society about this event.