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

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 Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014

West Germany Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) Post war period o Silence o People lived in denial o Focus on own victimhood o Economic miracle Transitional Justice o Nürnberg Trials o Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014

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 Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014

Post-War Generation Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014 Children generation in FRG o Questioning o German Students Movement o Intra-familial conflicts o Push for democratization Holocaust - TV Series 1978 The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

German Reunification 1990 Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014

Culture of Remembrance today “Stolpersteine” – Stumbling Blocks Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014

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 or Stefan Schneider International Youth Conference Krusevo 2014

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