Holocaust or Benevolent Paternalism? Intergenerational Comparisons on Collective Memories and Emotions about Belgium's Colonial Past
After publication of Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost in 1998, asserting that King Leopold II had been responsible for a "holocaust" in the Congo and the heated public debate this provoked, we set out to study Belgian people's reactions to these accusations. In two stu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Bielefeld
2010-04-01
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Series: | International Journal of Conflict and Violence |
Online Access: | https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2814 |