dealing with the past in germany after wwii generations – turning points - future perspectives
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Dealing with the Past in
Germany after WWII
Generations – Turning Points - Future Perspectives
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Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014
Importance• Transition from totalitarian to democratic state
system
• How to deal with guilt, perpetrators and victimhood – and which steps led to reconciliation?
• To reflect on collective memory, collective identity and politics of memory
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Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014
West Germany• Federal Republic of
Germany (FRG)• Post war period
o Silenceo People lived in denialo Focus on own victimhoodo Economic miracle
• Transitional Justiceo Nürnberg Trialso Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials
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East Germany• German Democratic
Republic (GDR)• Denazification much
stronger than in FRG• Communism as the
cure for fascism• Focus on perpetration
of communists during Nazi time
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Post-War Generation• Children generation in
FRGo Questioningo German Students Movemento Intra-familial conflictso Push for democratization
• Holocaust - TVSeries 1978
• The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
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German Reunification 1990
Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989
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Culture of Remembrance today
“Stolpersteine” – Stumbling Blocks
Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe
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Get active!• NGO Action for Non-Violence and Peacebuilding • Dealing with the Past project in Kosovo• Application deadline 1. October• Training 10. – 17. of October in Montenegro• http://anp-ks.org/ or https://
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