English summary: Starting point for this publication is a critique of an unreflected instrumentalisation of 'European Memory' in current public and academic discourse. In order to respond to this tendency, the articles develop an approach that accentuates the polyphony and multiple layers of memory, that is its entangled character.Rather than understanding 'European Memory' as a normative ideal or an empirical concept for days of remembrance, museums or schoolbooks, this approach perceives 'European Memory' as a discursive reality of which academic discourse is an integral part. It manifests...