De-Stalinising Eastern Europe: The Rehabilitation of Stalin’s Victims after 1953

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
De-Stalinising Eastern Europe: The Dilemmas of Rehabilitation....Pages 1-24
Rehabilitation in the Soviet Union, 1953–1964: A Policy Unachieved....Pages 25-45
De-Stalinisation in Hungary from a Gendered Perspective: The Case of Júlia Rajk....Pages 46-66
The Release and Rehabilitation of Victims of Stalinist Terror in Poland....Pages 67-86
The Limits of Rehabilitation: The 1930s Stalinist Terror and Its Legacy in Post-1953 East Germany....Pages 87-108
The Rehabilitation Process in Czechoslovakia: Party and Popular Responses....Pages 109-131
Rehabilitation in Romania: The Case of Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu....Pages 132-149
De-Stalinisation and Political Rehabilitations in Bulgaria....Pages 150-169
The Rehabilitation of Stalin’s Victims in Ukraine, 1953–1964: A Socio-Legal Perspective....Pages 170-185
The Fate of Stalinist Victims in Moldavia after 1953: Amnesty, Pardon and the Long Road to Rehabilitation....Pages 186-203
Latvian Deportees of the 1940s: Their Release and Rehabilitation....Pages 204-220
The Amnesty and Rehabilitation of Victims of Stalinist Repression in Belarus....Pages 221-236
Afterword: Stalinist Rehabilitations in a Pan-European Perspective....Pages 237-245
Back Matter....Pages 246-262