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Echoes of Trauma and Shame in German Families
How is it possible for people who were born in a time of relative peace and prosperity to suddenly discover war as a determining influence on their lives? For decades to speak openly of German suffering during World War II—to claim victimhood in a country that had victimized millions—was unthinkable. But in the past few years, growing numbers of Germans in their 40s and 50s calling themselves Kriegsenkel, or Grandchildren of the War, have begun to explore the fundamental impact of the war on their present lives and mental health. Their parents and grandparents experienced bombardment, death, forced displacement, and the shame of the Nazi war crimes. The Kriegsenkel feel their own psychol...
"Hooray, I Am a Kriegsenkel!"
For decades talking about the wartime suffering of the German majority population was felt to be a moral taboo. Out of shame about the inconceivable crimes Germans had committed in the name of the 'Third Reich', suffering of Germans was largely excluded from public discourses and psychotherapeutic practices. Recently, however, the topic has moved into public focus, and questions about the long-term psychological impact of WWII on the eyewitness generation and their families are being raised. My PhD focuses on the generation of the 'Kriegsenkel' - the 'grandchildren of war'. Although born in the 1960 and '70s people who identify as Kriegsenkel feel that through processes of transgenerational ...
Lina & Jakob
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The Power of Emotions
Emotions make history and have their own history. Exploring the emotional worlds of the German people, this book tells a very different story of the twentieth century. Ute Frevert reveals how emotions have shaped and influenced not only individuals but entire societies. Politicians use emotions, and institutions frame them, while social movements work with and through them. Ute Frevert's engaging analysis of twenty essential and powerful emotions – including anger, grief, hate, love, pride, shame and trust – explores how emotions coloured major events and developments from the German Empire to the Federal Republic until this very day. Emotions also have a history, illustrated by the changing forms, meanings and atmosphere of various emotions in twentieth-century Germany: for example, hate was a driving force behind National Socialism but is out of place in a democracy. Around 1900, people associated practices with love or nostalgia that do not resonate with us today. Showcasing why Germans were enthusiastic about the war in 1914 and proud of their national football team in 2006, this book highlights the historical power of emotions as much as their own historicity.
Cultivating Charismatic Power
Islam and China are topics of relevance and contention in today’s economic, political and religious climate. In this work, Tiffany Cone makes an important contribution to these contemporary discourses through an ethnographic case study of Islamic leadership and the cultivation of charismatic power by Sufi disciples at a shrine site in Northwest China. Though this volume focuses on a specific religious community, it carries valuable insights into religious unity, syncretism and religious legitimacy, materialism and religious integrity, and the stability of religious institutions in light of rapid economic growth. Cultivating Charismatic Power speaks to global concerns about the rise of a militant Islam and an increasingly aggressive Chinese State. As such, it will appeal to scholars and practitioners across a range of fields including anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, Islamic Studies, and Chinese Studies.
Der hellblaue Himmel
Lina Neumann wächst mit fünf Geschwistern in einer deutschen Siedlung in Russland auf. Obwohl sie schon als Kind bittere Schicksalsschläge erleidet, ist sie ein tapferes und willensstarkes Mädchen, das gerade in schweren Stunden des Lebens über sich hinauswächst. Als sie siebzehn ist, beginnt der Zweite Weltkrieg, der ihr nicht nur ihre Heimat raubt, sondern auch ihre Geschwister und viele andere Angehörige. Aber sie gibt die Hoffnung nicht auf, eines Tages alle wiederzufinden. Und sie träumt von einer neuen Heimat, von einem richtigen Zuhause, in dem sie glücklich und zufrieden leben kann. Auch Robert Steinbach, der durch den Krieg seine Heimat verloren hat, hegt den Traum von einem glücklichen Zuhause. Doch der Weg dorthin, den Lina und Robert später gemeinsam beschreiten, ist sehr lang und voller Hürden - gespickt mit weiteren Schicksalsschlägen, aber auch mit wundervollen Überraschungen und Momenten des Glücks.
Menschlichkeit im Ghetto: Jurek Beckers Jakob der Lügner und Edgar Hilsenraths Nacht
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1999 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Neuere deutsche Literatur), Veranstaltung: Jüdische Schriftsteller in Berlin nach 1945, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1969 erscheint in der DDR Jurek Beckers Erstlingswerk „Jakob der Lügner“. Der Roman stößt im In- und Ausland auf eine außergewöhnlich positive Resonanz. Becker erhält dafür den Heinrich-Mann-Preis der DDR und den Schweizer Charles-Veillon-Preis. Der Autor schreibt auf eine leichte, amüsante Art, mit Humor Charme und Grazie über ein unerfreuliches und düsteres Thema: das Leben und Überleben von Juden in einem nationalso...
Film Studies
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