GERM 64.10 After Nazism: Germany in Ruins (in German)

Germany after Hitler is a case study in collapse on a vast scale. Not only cities lay in rubble, but also beliefs, ideologies, gender roles, age hierarchies, human relationships, and even the German language, warped by years of Nazi abuse. Was there something left to glean from the inertia of stone, dust, shame, resentment, uncertainty, and apathy? Could this barren ground give birth to any new values, creative energies, and aspirations? Or would “new” amount merely to a restoration of the old, from before Hitler? In the course, we explore the artworks and mediums that attempted to shape a more hopeful future against an overwhelming present and a disgraced genocidal past and reflect on their resonances today. 

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