Abstract
The article surveys the politics of history, i.e. political intervention in and exploitation of historiography, history teaching, and historical commemoration and anniversaries, in Europe from World War I onward. The author discusses such themes as the collective memory of National Socialism, Stalinism, and the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, Kemalism in Turkey, and the constraints of political correctness and a culture of public apology for past injustices in Western Europe. He also considers the impact of political and historiographical controversy on nationalism and national identity.