Some comparisons have been made with the Soviet process of '' glasnost , '' though this was less focused on the past than achieving a level of open criticism necessary for progressive reform to take place . ( It generally assumed that the Communist Party monopoly on power would be maintained . ) Since the late 20th century and the fall of the Soviet Union , the continuing efforts in nations of eastern Europe and the independent states of the former Soviet Union to reinterpret the communist past and its abuses is sometimes referred to as a post-socialist '' Vergangenheitsbewältigung . '' The history of Japan 's involvement in war crimes during World War II is something the then-future Emperor Naruhito had his own concerns about during February 2015 , with how accurately such events are remembered in the 21st century
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung