Tag: National Socialism
November 9th Commemoration – An Ambivalent Day – Culture
from Gustav Seibt November 9th is an ambivalent day in the German historical calendar, everyone knows that. The proclamation of the republic in 1918, the Hitler putsch in 1923, the…
The new Holocaust memorial in Vienna – culture
from Cathrin Kahlweit The approach is still a little undignified and resembles a hurdle run. Construction machinery roars and jackhammers rattle behind barricades; A subway is being built a few…
Opera in Nuremberg: The messed up house – Bavaria
from Olaf Przybilla, Nuremberg In 1935, when it came to commemorating the 30th birthday of the Nuremberg Opera House, a speaker from the house felt compelled to give all kinds…
The author and concentration camp survivor Margot Friedländer turns 100 – culture
Margot Friedländer survived the Holocaust, made a living in America and returned to the land of the perpetrators, where she tirelessly writes and speaks to young people in schools. About…
German history: The letters between Ernst and Gretha Jünger – culture
In the beginning she regularly called him “Schneckolino”: The correspondence between Ernst Jünger and his wife Gretha tells a tragic love story – and more. About a highly personal, sensational…
Bayreuth: Director Axel Brüggemann on the world phenomenon Wagner – Bavaria
Interview by Olaf Przybilla, Bayreuth The documentary “Wagner, Bayreuth and the rest of the world” can be seen in cinemas these days. In it, director Axel Brüggemann explores the world…
Historiography of the Nazi Era – Painful Legacy – Politics
It is fascinating to follow thirty articles which, according to the conception of the editor Magnus Brechtken, are intended to depict the status quo of the academic analysis of National…
Prien am Chiemsee: The painter Paul Roloff and “Die Welle” – Bavaria
“Nobody needs pictures during this time.” Paul Roloff was under no great illusions in 1920. Nevertheless, a year later he founded “Die Welle” in Prien with other painters. The members…
Dispute over Jodl-Kreuz am Chiemsee: MPs reject petition – Bavaria
The interior committee of the Bavarian state parliament has declared the ongoing dispute over the grave cross for the Nazi general and war criminal Alfred Jodl on the Fraueninsel in…
Paranoid Fantasies – Conspiracy Theories in the Nazi Era – Culture
Conspiracies and conspiracy theories are part of history like intrigues and conspiracies are part of everyday life. Since the 18th century, when opponents of the revolution, clerical and conservative authors…