This book attempts to show the context of the clash of the fundamental values «democracy» and «solidarity» which serve as the leading political principles of European integration. Therefore several further concepts and problems have been discussed such as the issue of identity, the concept of citizenship and the problem of nationalism.

The book presents different aspects of the memory of twentieth century wars in Europe, its material objectifications and their social and political role. At the background of the presented studies there is a question whether memory of war can become a part of transnational European memory.