Based on the discussion about the role of ethnic history(Volksgeschichte) as a methodically innov... more Based on the discussion about the role of ethnic history(Volksgeschichte) as a methodically innovative approach in German historical research after 1918, this article examines the relationship of ethnically and regionally oriented approaches in the historiography of ...
of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see... more of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see how many people are here.” The film pays attention to the peculiar context of the Roma Holocaust remembrance: the continued persecution of the Roma throughout Europe that is still present today. The film features Raymond Gurême, who was born in a Traveler family in France, and who survived imprisonment in different camps during World War II. The 89-year-old man claims that in September 2014 he was assaulted in his caravan by a French police officer with a baton. As Mr. Gurême concludes: “The French gendarmerie treated us very badly during the war. I think it’s almost the same today.”
... 2. Mai 2007 Editor: L. Cárdenas ... (S. 51) Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Clemen glaubte an ein... more ... 2. Mai 2007 Editor: L. Cárdenas ... (S. 51) Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Clemen glaubte an eine Kontinuität der Deutungen, an ewige Gehalte, an eine „unüber-sehbare Reihe von Bildwerken, [..] die ihre Deu-tung von selbst darbieten." [5] Der bei Alois Rie-gl vorbildlich formulierte ...
In National his contribution Socialism in to 1969, the Frantisek German Graus discussion noted on... more In National his contribution Socialism in to 1969, the Frantisek German Graus discussion noted on that Historians historians may and National Socialism in 1969, Fr ntisek Graus noted that historians may have fallen short of the ideal even though they followed the accepted rules of historical research (Graus 94-95). The history of historiography must not restrict itself, therefore, to accounts of the steady accumulation of historical knowledge: it has to pay attention to the social and political context of historians' work. In recent years there have been lively debates amongst German historians, and among the public in general, on the involvement of German historians in Nazi Germany's policy towards the East-Central and Eastern European nations.1 The discussions centre mainly on two points. The first is the political involvement of historians who played an important role in post-war West-German historiography (Aly, 1997 and 1999). The second is the question of modernization: Ostforschung, and in a wider context since the 1920s the concept of Volksgeschichte (ethnic history), appear to be to some extent precursors of modern West-German social history, which seems to run counter to their exponents' reactionary political intentions (Oberkrome, Klesmann). It would be reasonable to inquire whether discussion of these two points seeks to explain the contribution of the historians concerned to the genesis of Hitler's eastern policy, or if such discussions aim primarily at the deconstruction or legitimization of authorities for reasons that may be found within the discipline. This article, however, tries to avoid such present-day problems and concentrates on the role of German Ostforschung within the scholarly discipline of history and on the reconstruction of the place of Baltic history within Ostforschung itself.
of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see... more of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see how many people are here.” The film pays attention to the peculiar context of the Roma Holocaust remembrance: the continued persecution of the Roma throughout Europe that is still present today. The film features Raymond Gurême, who was born in a Traveler family in France, and who survived imprisonment in different camps during World War II. The 89-year-old man claims that in September 2014 he was assaulted in his caravan by a French police officer with a baton. As Mr. Gurême concludes: “The French gendarmerie treated us very badly during the war. I think it’s almost the same today.”
... memory. We should not aspire to judge, but instead try to understand what is going on, becaus... more ... memory. We should not aspire to judge, but instead try to understand what is going on, because this conflict over memory is important not just for Estonia and the other Baltic states, but for the whole of Europe. To understand ...
This article analyzes the impact of small nations on the constitution of a historical region in N... more This article analyzes the impact of small nations on the constitution of a historical region in North Eastern Europe. It is shown that the small nations' drive for emancipation, self-determination, and independence from the surrounding large states formed the backbone of regional discourses in the Baltic Sea region since the beginning twentieth century. Similar features may be noticed already in the older discourse on “Norden”. After the realization of a Baltic League failed in the 1920s, and as the East Baltic states remained outside the “Nordic” unity, the “Baltic” issue consequently shrunk to the three Baltic states. For they continued to keep the notion of a Baltic Sea region in cultural and historical terms alive, North Eastern Europe may be identified as the centre of historical discourses on Baltic sea region-building, which is based on similar social values as in the Nordic nations.
Based on the discussion about the role of ethnic history(Volksgeschichte) as a methodically innov... more Based on the discussion about the role of ethnic history(Volksgeschichte) as a methodically innovative approach in German historical research after 1918, this article examines the relationship of ethnically and regionally oriented approaches in the historiography of ...
of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see... more of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see how many people are here.” The film pays attention to the peculiar context of the Roma Holocaust remembrance: the continued persecution of the Roma throughout Europe that is still present today. The film features Raymond Gurême, who was born in a Traveler family in France, and who survived imprisonment in different camps during World War II. The 89-year-old man claims that in September 2014 he was assaulted in his caravan by a French police officer with a baton. As Mr. Gurême concludes: “The French gendarmerie treated us very badly during the war. I think it’s almost the same today.”
... 2. Mai 2007 Editor: L. Cárdenas ... (S. 51) Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Clemen glaubte an ein... more ... 2. Mai 2007 Editor: L. Cárdenas ... (S. 51) Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Clemen glaubte an eine Kontinuität der Deutungen, an ewige Gehalte, an eine „unüber-sehbare Reihe von Bildwerken, [..] die ihre Deu-tung von selbst darbieten." [5] Der bei Alois Rie-gl vorbildlich formulierte ...
In National his contribution Socialism in to 1969, the Frantisek German Graus discussion noted on... more In National his contribution Socialism in to 1969, the Frantisek German Graus discussion noted on that Historians historians may and National Socialism in 1969, Fr ntisek Graus noted that historians may have fallen short of the ideal even though they followed the accepted rules of historical research (Graus 94-95). The history of historiography must not restrict itself, therefore, to accounts of the steady accumulation of historical knowledge: it has to pay attention to the social and political context of historians' work. In recent years there have been lively debates amongst German historians, and among the public in general, on the involvement of German historians in Nazi Germany's policy towards the East-Central and Eastern European nations.1 The discussions centre mainly on two points. The first is the political involvement of historians who played an important role in post-war West-German historiography (Aly, 1997 and 1999). The second is the question of modernization: Ostforschung, and in a wider context since the 1920s the concept of Volksgeschichte (ethnic history), appear to be to some extent precursors of modern West-German social history, which seems to run counter to their exponents' reactionary political intentions (Oberkrome, Klesmann). It would be reasonable to inquire whether discussion of these two points seeks to explain the contribution of the historians concerned to the genesis of Hitler's eastern policy, or if such discussions aim primarily at the deconstruction or legitimization of authorities for reasons that may be found within the discipline. This article, however, tries to avoid such present-day problems and concentrates on the role of German Ostforschung within the scholarly discipline of history and on the reconstruction of the place of Baltic history within Ostforschung itself.
of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see... more of genocide. The [Czech] government will exhume the mass graves [in Lety u Písku] and we will see how many people are here.” The film pays attention to the peculiar context of the Roma Holocaust remembrance: the continued persecution of the Roma throughout Europe that is still present today. The film features Raymond Gurême, who was born in a Traveler family in France, and who survived imprisonment in different camps during World War II. The 89-year-old man claims that in September 2014 he was assaulted in his caravan by a French police officer with a baton. As Mr. Gurême concludes: “The French gendarmerie treated us very badly during the war. I think it’s almost the same today.”
... memory. We should not aspire to judge, but instead try to understand what is going on, becaus... more ... memory. We should not aspire to judge, but instead try to understand what is going on, because this conflict over memory is important not just for Estonia and the other Baltic states, but for the whole of Europe. To understand ...
This article analyzes the impact of small nations on the constitution of a historical region in N... more This article analyzes the impact of small nations on the constitution of a historical region in North Eastern Europe. It is shown that the small nations' drive for emancipation, self-determination, and independence from the surrounding large states formed the backbone of regional discourses in the Baltic Sea region since the beginning twentieth century. Similar features may be noticed already in the older discourse on “Norden”. After the realization of a Baltic League failed in the 1920s, and as the East Baltic states remained outside the “Nordic” unity, the “Baltic” issue consequently shrunk to the three Baltic states. For they continued to keep the notion of a Baltic Sea region in cultural and historical terms alive, North Eastern Europe may be identified as the centre of historical discourses on Baltic sea region-building, which is based on similar social values as in the Nordic nations.
Politics of History (Geschichtspolitik) has become a major catchword in the Polish public discour... more Politics of History (Geschichtspolitik) has become a major catchword in the Polish public discourse since 2000, when the debate on the wartime murder of the Jews from the town of Jedwabne began. Since then a politicized culture of remembrance has developed in Poland, which is most visible in various new and internationally proclaimed historical museums.
Public commemoration of World War II resembles the giant Tur Tur from Michael Ende's novel " Jim ... more Public commemoration of World War II resembles the giant Tur Tur from Michael Ende's novel " Jim Button " : The farther it is, the bigger it appears. In the first years after 1989, the re-emergence of national identity discourses in East Central Europe and the striving for integration into western political structures were both based on a departure from Soviet narratives of World War II and thus parallel running. Discussions about lessons from the past, however, did not end with NATO and EU enlargement. Instead of an end of history one sees on the contrary that rather diverging political strategies are built upon contested collective memories in East Central Europe during the last years. Besides legal arguments derived from World War II are still alive as well. This presentation will focus on those discourses related to World War II, first of all in Poland and the Baltic states that have an impact on recent political strategies. Here, debates on the Holo-caust, on national victimhood and collaboration are addressed as major points. The paper concludes with a discussion whether such discourses tend to prolong older lines of conflicts, whether they reflect functionalist strategies of acquiring an " entry ticket " to Western political structures, or whether they contribute to new, transnational forms of commemoration and cooperation.
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