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[email protected]. German Historical Institute 1607 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington DC 20009-2562 USA Phone: (202) 387-3355 Fax: (202) 483-3430 © German Historical Institute 2015 All rights reserved ISSN 1048-9134 Bulletin of the German Historical Institute 56 | Spring 2015 03 Preface FEATURES 07 Toward a New Europe? Knowledge as a Transformational Resource since the 1970s Andreas Wirsching 23 Toward a New Europe?A Comment Jeffrey J. Anderson 27 The Memory of Dictatorship and the Future of Democracy: The East German Past Today Richard Schröder 47 Why Consider the Popular Press in Post-1848 Germany? Chase Richards 69 Between Dictatorship and Dissent: Ideology, Legitimacy and Human Rights in East Germany, 1945-1990 Ned Richardson-Little 83 Why not buy? Making Things Oneself in an Age of Consumption Reinhild Kreis CONFERENCE REPORTS 101 Studying the History of National Socialism and the Holocaust: Toward an Agenda for the