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Chapter 16
The Presence of the Past
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Two Germanies (1961-1989)
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Heinrich Böll on the Psychological Impact of the Economic Miracle (1960)
Heinrich Böll at His Desk (c. 1960)
Official Opening of the Memorial at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp (April 22, 1961)
Adolf Eichmann behind Bulletproof Glass during his Trial in Jerusalem (1961)
The Verdict is Announced in the Eichmann Trial (1961)
Theodor W. Adorno, “The Meaning of Working through the Past” (1963)
Theodor W. Adorno during a Lecture (1963)
Review of Günter Grass’s Novel Dog Years (1963)
Günter Grass (1988)
A Psychological Critique of the Refusal to Accept the Loss of the World War II (1967)
Memorial Site at the Dachau Concentration Camp (1968)
Poster Protesting the Invasion of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic by Warsaw Pact Troops (August 21, 1968)
Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Munich’s Olympic Stadium (August 26, 1972)
A Conservative Journalist Criticizes the Disappearance of the Term “Germany” (1972)
Section of the Berlin Wall, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (1973)
Willy Brandt in Jerusalem (June 1973)
The Definition of East German Identity in the Final GDR Constitution (October 7, 1974)
Helmut Schmidt in his Office in the New Federal Chancellery (July 7, 1976)
Demonstration against the National Democratic Party March in Frankfurt (June 17, 1978)
A Traditionalist Pleads for a More Positive Memory of Prussia (October 21, 1978)
Helmut Schmidt giving an Address at the Cologne Synagogue (November 9, 1978)
Dolf Sternberger Describes the Term “Constitutional Patriotism” (1979)
Der Spiegel on the TV Miniseries “Holocaust” (January 28, 1979)
The Emotional Impact of the Broadcast of Holocaust, an American TV Miniseries, in the Federal Republic (1979)
Exhibition Guide: Prussia – An Appraisal Attempt (1981)
Hermann Lübbe on Neoconservatism (1983)
Philosopher Hermann Lübbe (2008)
A Liberal Intellectual Reflects on the Burden of “Being German” (1983)
Honor Guard in Front of the Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism (Neue Wache) (c. 1983)
Stern Presents Hitler’s Diaries (April 1983)
The Television Movie Heimat: German Longing and Hatred for the Lost Mythical Home (1984)
Helmut Kohl at Yad Vashem (1984)
Richard von Weizsäcker at the Wailing Wall (1985)
Helmut Kohl and Ronald Reagan at the Military Cemetery in Bitburg (May 5, 1985)
Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker on the Meaning of Being German (1986)
The Revisionist Scholar Ernst Nolte Provokes the Historikerstreit (June 6, 1986)
Federal Chancellery in Bonn (1986)
Elie Wiesel in West Berlin (1986)
The Liberal Social Philosopher Jürgen Habermas Insists on the Importance of Critical Memory (November 7, 1986)
Helmut Kohl on the Creation of a German Historical Museum as a Contribution to National Unity (October 28, 1987)
Stamp Commemorating Kristallnacht (1988)
Erich Honecker Defends the Achievements of Socialism on the 40th Anniversary of the GDR (October 6, 1989)
Surveys Show a Strong Sense of Cohesion after Four Decades of Division (October 23, 1989)
GDR Repression and Opposition