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.

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.

Degree and Content of Negative Meaning in Four Different Age Groups in Germany

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Read ◽  
Gerben J. Westerhof ◽  
Freya Dittmann-Kohli
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Sentence Completion ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Different Content

The aim of this study was to investigate the degree and content of negative meaning (i.e., negative evaluations, motivations, feelings) in four different age groups of men and women in East- and West-Germany. A sample was drawn from 290 cities in Germany which was stratified according to four age groups (18–25, 40–54, 55–69, and 70–85), gender and region of residence (West- or East-Germany). A total of 3,306 individuals participated in the study. A sentence completion task was administered to study negative meaning. An analysis of variance was carried out for the degree of negative meaning, as well as binary logistic regression and correspondence analysis for the content of negative meaning to study the differences between the four age groups, gender, and East- and West-Germans. The results showed that the youngest age group, men, and people living in the Western part of Germany reported significantly less negative meaning than other groups. However, the difference between the groups was very small. The negative meaning showed different content in age groups reflecting age-graded developmental tasks. Some gender and regional differences in the content of negative meaning were also found.

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”.

Trends in the Prevalence of Atopic Eczema in East and West Germany

1998 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-376
Author(s):  
Schäfer ◽  
Krämer ◽  
Vieluf ◽  
Behrendt ◽  
Ring
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Eczema ◽  
West Germany ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
East And West

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.

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