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The Politics of Culture in Soviet-Occupied Germany, 1945-1949

Author : David Pike
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804720939
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Culture in Soviet-Occupied Germany, 1945-1949 written by David Pike and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They allow for a painstaking analysis of the political and "aesthetic" priorities of a developing Stalinist culture while raising intriguing questions about the early stages of the Cold War and the subsequent division of Germany. In particular, the gradual introduction of Zhdanovist or socialist-realist political norms and aesthetic forms into Soviet-occupied Germany closely paralleled developments in the Soviet Union during the infamous zhdanovshchina (1946-1948). Smear campaigns against "formalism," "decadence," and "cosmopolitanism," carefully tailored to local circumstances, were the natural consequence. Simultaneously, the German Communists worked behind the scenes with the Soviet occupation regime to establish the administrative apparatus for the enforcement of these standards, imported from the Soviet Union and calculated to infuse German art and literature with the proper political priorities.

The Russians in Germany

Author : Norman M. Naimark
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674784055
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Russians in Germany written by Norman M. Naimark and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, when the Red Army marched in, eastern Germany was not "occupied" but "liberated." This, until the recent collapse of the Soviet Bloc, is what passed for history in the German Democratic Republic. Now, making use of newly opened archives in Russia and Germany, Norman Naimark reveals what happened during the Soviet occupation of eastern Germany from 1945 through 1949. His book offers a comprehensive look at Soviet policies in the occupied zone and their practical consequences for Germans and Russians alike--and, ultimately, for postwar Europe. In rich and lucid detail, Naimark captures the mood and the daily reality of the occupation, the chaos and contradictions of a period marked by rape and repression, the plundering of factories, the exploitation of German science, and the rise of the East German police state. Never have these practices and their place in the overall Soviet strategy, particularly the political development of the zone, received such thorough treatment. Here we have our first clear view of how the Russians regarded the postwar settlement and the German question, how they made policy on issues from reparations to technology transfer to the acquisition of uranium, how they justified their goals, how they met them or failed, and how they changed eastern Germany in the process. The Russians in Germany also takes us deep into the politics of culture as Naimark explores the ways in which Soviet officers used film, theater, and education to foster the Bolshevization of the zone. Unique in its broad, comparative approach to the Soviet military government in Germany, this book fills in a missing--and ultimately fascinating--chapter in the history of modern Europe.

The Antifascist Classroom

Author : B. Blessing
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230601634
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Antifascist Classroom written by B. Blessing and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the history of the New School that developed in the postwar period and its role in communicating antifascism to young people in the Soviet zone. Blessing traces how the decisions about how to educate young people after the National Socialist dictatorship became part of a broader discussion about the future of the German nation.

The Politics of Religion in Soviet-occupied Germany

Author : Sean Philip Brennan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739151258
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Religion in Soviet-occupied Germany written by Sean Philip Brennan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany illuminates the religious policies of the Soviet military authorities and their allies in the Socialist Unity Party in the Soviet zone, and more importantly, who devised these policies and how they implemented them. Brennan illustrates how the Soviet authorities recreated the Soviet zone along Stalinist lines with regard to religious policy, focusing on the Soviet zone, and in particular its most important province, Berlin-Brandenburg. This book also demonstrates how the church leaders responded to these policies, especially as they became increasingly antireligious. Book jacket.

Bringing Culture to the Masses

Author : Esther von Richthofen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845454586
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Bringing Culture to the Masses written by Esther von Richthofen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores how cultural life in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) was strictly controlled by the ruling party, the SED, through attempts to dictate the way people spent their free time. It shows how people's cultural life in the GDR developed a dynamic of its own.

The Perils of Peace

Author : Jessica Reinisch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199660794
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Perils of Peace written by Jessica Reinisch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An archive-based study examining how the four Allies - Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union - prepared for and conducted their occupation of Germany after its defeat in 1945. Uses the case of public health to shed light on the complexities of the immediate post-war period.

Antifascist Humanism and the Politics of Cultural Renewal in Germany

Author : Andreas Agocs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107085438
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Antifascist Humanism and the Politics of Cultural Renewal in Germany by : Andreas Agocs

Download or read book Antifascist Humanism and the Politics of Cultural Renewal in Germany written by Andreas Agocs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of German traditions of cultural renewal from their origins in antifascist activism in German exile communities in Europe and Latin America during World War II to their failure during the emerging Cold War in occupied Germany and the early German Democratic Republic.

Public Opinion in Occupied Germany

Author : Anna J. Merritt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780317086379
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Public Opinion in Occupied Germany written by Anna J. Merritt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lukács and Brecht

Author : David Pike
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807816400
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Lukács and Brecht written by David Pike and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and work of Susan Glaspell, the pioneering, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist, who is best known as the author of Trifles and Alison's House and for her involvement with the Provincetown Players.

Capturing the German Eye

Author : Cora Sol Goldstein
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226301710
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Capturing the German Eye written by Cora Sol Goldstein and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shedding new light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, Capturing the German Eye uncovers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the U.S. occupation. Cora Sol Goldstein skillfully evokes Germany’s political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. During this period, the American occupiers actively vied with their Soviet counterparts for control of Germany’s visual culture, deploying film, photography, and the fine arts while censoring images that contradicted their political messages. Goldstein reveals how this U.S. cultural policy in Germany was shaped by three major factors: competition with the USSR, fear of alienating German citizens, and American domestic politics. Explaining how the Americans used images to discredit the Nazis and, later, the Communists, she illuminates the instrumental role of visual culture in the struggle to capture German hearts and minds at the advent of the cold war.

Gender and the Long Postwar

Author : Karen Hagemann
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781421414133
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Gender and the Long Postwar written by Karen Hagemann and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How gender factored into politics and society in the United States and East and West Germany in the aftermath of World War II. Gender and the Long Postwar examines gender politics during the post–World War II period and the Cold War in the United States and East and West Germany. The authors show how disruptions of older political and social patterns, exposure to new cultures, population shifts, and the rise of consumerism affected gender roles and identities. Comparing all three countries, chapters analyze the ways that gender figured into relations between victor and vanquished and shaped everyday life in both the Western and Soviet blocs. Topics include the gendering of the immediate aftermath of war; the military, politics, and changing masculinities in postwar societies; policies to restore the gender order and foster marriage and family; demobilization and the development of postwar welfare states; and debates over sexuality (gay and straight).

GIs and Germans

Author : Petra Goedde
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300090222
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book GIs and Germans written by Petra Goedde and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Goedde finds that as American soldiers fraternized with German civilians, particularly as they formed sexual relationships with women, they developed a feminized image of Germany that contrasted sharply with their wartime image of the aggressive Nazi storm trooper. A perception of German "victimhood" emerged that was fostered by the German population and adopted by Americans.

A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945

Author : Michael Brenner
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253029295
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945 written by Michael Brenner and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of Jewish life in a country that carries the legacy of being at the epicenter of the Holocaust. Originally published in German in 2012, this comprehensive history of Jewish life in postwar Germany provides a systematic account of Jews and Judaism from the Holocaust to the early 21st Century by leading experts of modern German-Jewish history. Beginning in the immediate postwar period with a large concentration of Eastern European Holocaust survivors stranded in Germany, the book follows Jews during the relative quiet period of the 50s and early 60s during which the foundations of new Jewish life were laid. Brenner’s volume goes on to address the rise of anti-Israel sentiments after the Six Day War as well as the beginnings of a critical confrontation with Germany’s Nazi past in the late 60s and early 70s, noting the relatively small numbers of Jews living in Germany up to the 90s. The contributors argue that these Jews were a powerful symbolic presence in German society and sent a meaningful signal to the rest of the world that Jewish life was possible again in Germany after the Holocaust. “This volume, which illuminates a multi-faceted panorama of Jewish life after 1945, will remain the authoritative reading on the subject for the time to come.” —Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “An eminently readable work of history that addresses an important gap in the scholarship and will appeal to specialists and interested lay readers alike.” —Reading Religion “Comprehensive, meticulously researched, and beautifully translated.” —CHOICE

The Cultural Politics of the German Democratic Republic

Author : G. Ann Stamp Miller
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581124147
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Politics of the German Democratic Republic written by G. Ann Stamp Miller and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the intricate connection between the political structure of the East German government and cultural politics. Specifically, it focuses on the relationship between the government agencies and three authors. It explores the difficulties the writers encountered in the 1960s with the government of East Germany and how their works did or did not conform to the cultural policy established by the GDR regime in 1951. The government believed that it was imperative for authors and artists to adhere to the literary policy of social realism prescribed by the East German Ministry of Culture. An author's works were expected to conform to the political ideology of Marxism. The Ministry of Culture expected writers to depict the society through the glorification of Marxism. The East German cultural functionaries evaluated a piece of literature more for the author's devotion to the political doctrine than the aesthetic quality of the work. If works did not conform, the government agencies such as the Ministry of Culture could apply pressure to the authors in many forms: censorship, silencing, fines, prosecution, surveillance and, for extreme cases, expatriation. This study assesses three prominent writers of the former East Germany: Wolf Biermann, a lyricist; Christa Wolf, a novelist; and Heiner Müller, a dramatist. The analysis is based on the political content of the authors' works and how the West German and East German critics evaluated them. Government documents from German State Archives revealed the sensitive nature of the political and writer conferences of the GDR. The study analyzes how the writers' interpretation of socialism increasingly deviated from that of the East German regime. Over time, the writers chose to express themselves in a different manner and thus, encountered problems and conflicts with the Ministry of Culture.

The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction

Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198859546
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction written by Robert J. McMahon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.

Soviet Nationalities in German Wartime Strategy, 1941-1945

Author : Alex Alexiev
Publisher : RAND Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Soviet Nationalities in German Wartime Strategy, 1941-1945 written by Alex Alexiev and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1982 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the determinants and character of German policies toward the Soviet non-Russian nationalities and their effects on the Soviet and German war efforts and on the nationalities themselves. Particular emphasis is placed on the analysis of the nature and magnitude of military collaboration with the Germans by the non-Russian nationalities, in an attempt to examine the military exploitability of the political warfare opportunities that presented themselves. Section II outlines the attitudes toward the Soviet nationalities prevalent among the Nazi leadership and the role envisaged for them in a postwar German-dominated Europe, and juxtaposes them on the views of German officials who did not share Nazi dogma and advocated a more pragmatic approach. German policies in the occupied non-Russian territories and their implications are examined in Sec. III. Section IV describes the different types and degrees of military collaboration with the Germans. The main conclusions are summarized in Sec. V.

Socialist Realism in Central and Eastern European Literatures Under Stalin

Author : Evgeny Dobrenko
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 178308698X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Socialist Realism in Central and Eastern European Literatures Under Stalin written by Evgeny Dobrenko and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socialist Realism in Central and Eastern European Literatures' is the first published work to offer a variety of alternative perspectives on the literary and cultural Sovietization of Central and Eastern Europe after World War II and emphasize the dialogic relationship between the ‘centre’ and the ‘satellites’ instead of the traditional top-down approach. The introduction of the Soviet cultural model was not quite the smooth endeavour that it was made to look in retrospect; rather, it was always a work in progress, often born out of a give-andtake with the local authorities, intellectuals and interest groups. Relying on archival resources, the authors examine one of the most controversial attempts at a cultural unification in Europe by providing an overview with a focus on specific case-studies, an analysis of distinct particularities with attention to the patterns of negotiation and adaptation that were being developed in the process.