Some Germans, even in Academia, grow tired of the intense confrontation with the Nazi past. Many historians have stopped exploring it, attributing marginal value to it explaining current developments
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Last Exit Present? “Waldheim’s Waltz”
A documentation about the Waldheim affair in 1986 is an informative presentation of past culture of memory and history. It begs a question: Does it repeat patterns shown in the film?
Late Awareness, Vigorous Remembrance: Austria Today
The Austrian memory of Nazi era and Holocaust remain connected to the “victim thesis”. Austria may often seem unteachable, but several institutions are promoting …
The World of Yesterday is not the World of Today
The rise of right-wing populists and the brutalization of public space that they pursued recalls Stefan Zweig’s narration of the years predating this…
The Force of Fiction
…to understand the past differently: These are some of the forces of fiction. It also reminds us that reality never speaks for itself; the narrative choices and the language used are not neutral.
The Cape Town Holocaust Centre and South Africa
The Cape Town Holocaust Centre is the first such centre in South Africa. At its inception in 1999, its founders considered not only what Cape Town and South Africa could…
Reenactment special: Enterprise Reichspark
With “Enterprise Reichspark”, a famous youngish German comedian has once again triggered a debate about fake or reality. Is the project of a historical theme park on National Socialism possible or is it even real?
Do we need “Dark Public History“?
What does the boom of Dark Tourism mean for public historians and why don’t conventional labels such as Dissonant Heritage and Thanatourism include the term Dark Public History?