scholarly journals Reframing the Past: Justice, Guilt, and Consolidation in East and West Germany after Nazism

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-313
Author(s):  
Mary Fulbrook
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Transnational History ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Personal Memory ◽  
The Past ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Direct Knowledge ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nazi Persecution ◽  
East And West

AbstractOnly a minority of Germans involved in Nazi crimes were prosecuted after the war, and the transnational history of trials is only beginning to be explored. Even less well understood are the ways in which those who were tainted by complicity reframed their personal life stories. Millions had been willing facilitators, witting beneficiaries, or passive (and perhaps unhappily helpless) witnesses of Nazi persecution; many had been actively involved in sustaining Nazi rule; perhaps a quarter of a million had personally killed Jewish civilians, and several million had direct knowledge of genocide. How did these people re-envision their own lives after Nazism? And how did they reinterpret their own former behaviors—their actions and inaction—in light of public confrontations with Nazi crimes and constructions of “perpetrators” in trials? Going beyond well-trodden debates about “overcoming the past,” this paper explores patterns of personal memory among East and West Germans after Nazism.

A Reflection on Crucial Periods in 50 Years of Social Psychology (in Germany)

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Katja Corcoran ◽  
Michael Häfner ◽  
Mathias Kauff ◽  
Stefan Stürmer
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Early Development ◽  
West Germany ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West

Abstract. In this article, we reflect on 50 years of the journal Social Psychology. We interviewed colleagues who have witnessed the history of the journal. Based on these interviews, we identified three crucial periods in Social Psychology’s history, that are (a) the early development and further professionalization of the journal, (b) the reunification of East and West Germany, and (c) the internationalization of the journal and its transformation from the Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie to Social Psychology. We end our reflection with a discussion of changes that occurred during these periods and their implication for the future of our field.

Change Regions and Changes in Normative Market Cultures

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-65
Author(s):  
Stephen Farrall ◽  
Susanne Karstedt
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Law ◽  
Market Cultures

This chapter explores the history of the three regions in Europe which are the focus of this work; namely, England and Wales, and the former East and West Germany. Their recent economic histories are recounted, as well as the nature of these economic and social changes, and which social groups are most likely to have been affected by them. These changes have increased the opportunities for crime in the marketplace for many citizens. The extent to which people living in these three areas report perceptions of change in their societies is examined, as well as trust in market institutions, cynicism about the law, and values related to contemporary citizenship, and how they differ between change regions and generations.

Die geistig-kulturelle Lage im wieder-vereinigten Deutschland

Literator ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
A. M. Rauch
Keyword(s):  
German Literature ◽  
West Germany ◽  
German Culture ◽  
Strong Link ◽  
The Past ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Common Future ◽  
The Way

The mental-cultural situation of the re-united GermanyIn 1993 an exhibition presenting phenomena about the past, present and future of both East and West Germany took place in Berlin. It became clear that West and East Germans differ in inter alia the way in which life and existence have been experienced. East and West Germans also have different perspectives and perceptions of policy and society. Among the former GDR-citizens, nostalgia dominates the reflection on the past. It should, however, not be underestimated how deeply East and West Germans have been alienated from each other and that many East Germans think that facing a common future - together with West Germans - is more than they could handle. The difference in which life and existence have been experienced in East and West Germany is also reflected in German literature as is pointed out in the work of Ulrich Woelk. It also becomes, however, clear that the idea of a common German culture and history supplies a strong link to overcome these alienations.

History of BCG Vaccination Recommendations in East and West Germany from 1951 to Date

Pneumologie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 811-812
Author(s):  
B. Häcker ◽  
S. H. E. Kaufmann ◽  
T. Bauer ◽  
R. Otto-Knapp
Keyword(s):  
West Germany ◽  
Bcg Vaccination ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Vaccination Recommendations ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West

Wirtschaftswachstum und „neuer Arbeitsmarkt“ in Deutschland

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Osmanovic
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
German Economy ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
The Past ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
East And West ◽  
High Level ◽  
Structurally Weak Regions

Economic growth and the “new labor market” in Germany. The persistent high level of unemployment in Germany is usually blamed on the country’s inflexible labor market. This article attempts to show that in Germany - as in comparable countries - employment is primarily determined by economic growth. However, the growth of the German economy has been lagging behind the European average for some time. The article briefly discusses why this has been the case. The study contradicts the widely held theory that the German labor market restricts economic growth, and instead advances the proposition that the German labor market has changed to such an extent over the past few years, that the term “new labor market” is indeed warranted. This “new labor market” is regionally differentiated, as will be shown at the hand of “Bundesländer” (Nuts I regions). In particular, differences emerge between East and West Germany, but economically successful regions (Baden-Württemberg) with low unemployment levels also differ from structurally weak regions (Lower Saxony) with regards to the “new labor market”.

From the GDR to Eastern Federal Lands of Germany: features of economic and political transformation (1989–2019)

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Larisa N. Shanshieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
East Germany ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Federal Lands ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West

This chapter discusses the main stages of social transformation in East Germany since 1989. The author explores the reasons for the peaceful revolution, the split of the political elite, the attempts to unite left-leaning parties, and movements around the idea of adopting a new constitution and rejecting the statehood of the GDR. The causes of the collapse of the GDR, the features of institutional changes in the eastern lands after 1990, and the protracted nature of the transformation are analyzed. The chapter also presents the data on the costs of economic recovery in the eastern federal states and the main socio-economic indicators of development in East and West Germany. Specific attention is paid to the mental differences between East and West Germans and the causes of nostalgic sentiments among the population of the Eastern lands. The question of the modern perception and study of the history of the GDR is also considered. Conclusions are drawn about the specific features of the model of social transformation in East Germany.

scholarly journals German-Polish scienti c cooperations in divided Germany – Janusz Korczak associations in East and West Germany since the 1970s

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 37-56
Author(s):  
Anne Oommen-Halbach ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
East Berlin ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West ◽  
Faculties Of Education ◽  
Divided Germany

The Polish-Jewish paediatrician, pedagogue and writer Janusz Korczak (1878/79–1942) has not been honoured in Germany until many years after his death in Treblinka in 1942. The German division led to the development of two separate German academic associations since the end of the 1970s, which aimed – under different political circumstances – to popularise and disseminate the memory of Korczak and his works. Both associations estab- lished personal and academic contacts and cooperations with the Polish Korczak Committee, whose history can be traced back to 1946, when contemporary witnesses of Korczak founded the Committee to honour Korczak’s memory. This paper aims to reconstruct the early scientific cooperations of both German Korczak associations with Polish scientists and the Polish Korczak Committee. While in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) major research stimuli emanated at the faculties of education at Gießen and Wuppertal, in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) a first publicly perceived research focus crystallised at the only existing, state-controlled publishing house for schoolbooks (Volk und Wissen – Volkseigener Verlag) in East- Berlin. In the early 1980s, the work of the young associations was focused on biographical and bibliographical studies. Here it becomes obvious, that Korczak studies in East and West were substantially inspired and advanced by the then still living contemporary eyewitnesses of Korczak and their personal contacts to individual members of the existing Korczak associations. The history of the international Korczak bibliography is a characteristic example, that shows, how closely contemporary witnessing is linked to scientific research on Korczak.

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