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Renegotiations of Twentieth-Century History: Access to ‘Sensitive’ Government Records and Archives in Greece
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Abstract After a seven-year period of military dictatorship and following the reestablishment of parliamentary democracy in 1974, historical studies have been a continuously developing field in Greece. Similarly as in Spain and Portugal at much the same time, archives became accessible for academic historian... view more
After a seven-year period of military dictatorship and following the reestablishment of parliamentary democracy in 1974, historical studies have been a continuously developing field in Greece. Similarly as in Spain and Portugal at much the same time, archives became accessible for academic historians. The general public’s expectations about the establishment of historical ‘truth’ concerning the recent past were pressing.1 It is against this backdrop that we propose to review the changing conditions of historical research and especially the challenges involved in gaining access to primary sources, in particular those related to ‘national matters’. We will try to show the ways in which the particularities of the Greek case have to do with the history of civil rights in the country in the twentieth century, both during the interwar years and – more dramatically – during the Cold War period.... view less
Classification
General History
Free Keywords
Kalter Krieg; Historiographiegeschichte; Transnationale Geschichte; Internationale Beziehungen; Cold War Studies; Recht; Vergangenheitspolitik
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 131-139
Journal
Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History, 10 (2013) 1
ISSN
1612-6033
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed