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1968, after 40 years

German collective memory is in overdrive. But the most valuable legacy of the protest years is being forgotten
Vietnam’s official memory has no place for Hoang Minh Chinh, an honourable critic who embraced democracy
The fortieth anniversary of the student revolt traps the French in the cunning of history
An Italian film depicting brothers torn by political commitment captures the heart of an epic year
The spark of the great student revolts of 1968 ignited in Warsaw. Neal Ascherson traces - and recalls - the "Polish March" (archive)
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