I. Course Structure: Readings, Requirements, Expectations
II. Phases of Memory, 1945-present
A. Initial Reactions and 'Collective Amnesia'
B.
(Re)Awakening of Historical Consciousness
C. Reckoning -- and Repudiation?
Image: Cologne after Firebombing, Summer 1945
Image: Growing Vegetables in Berlin, 1945
Image: Hans Globke (1896-1973), Chief of Staff for Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1953-1963)
Image: Parade of German POWs through Moscow (7 July 1944)
Film Still: The Last Stage (Ostatni etap) (1947)
Poster: Der Arzt von Stalingrad (1958)
Trailer: Der Teufel spielte Balalaika (1961)
Trailer: The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen) (1990)
Image: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin
Image: Topography of Terror, Berlin
Image: "Stolpersteine" in Osnabrück
Image: The Wehrmacht Exhibition (1995-2004)
Map: Bundestag Election Results, 2021
Vergangenheitsbewältigung ("Overcoming the Past")
Vergangenheitsbearbeitung ("Working Through the Past")
III. Democracy in Germany: A Primer
A. The New Democratic Order
B. Structures of the Republic
1) The National Parliament (Reichstag)
2) The Presidency (Reichspräsident)
3) The Federal Council of States (Reichsrat)
4) The Electoral System
C. Vulnerabilities and Strengths
Link: Major Parties of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
Image: The Reichstag (Parliament Building)
Map: Electoral Districts in Germany (1924-1933)
Cartoon: Chancellor Brüning: "Is he on top of the situation? No, he's hanging on it!"
Graph: Voter Turnout in Germany,
1919-1933
Graph: Composition of the National Constituent Assembly, 1919
Graph:
Reichstag Delegations, 1919-1932
Graph: Composition of the Reichstag, 1919-1932
Map: Reichstag Elections by Electoral District, 1919-1933
Graph: Composition of the Last,
Freely-Elected Reichstag, December 1932
Image right: A regular policeman (left) on patrol with an SS man serving in the "Volunteer Police" (Hilfspolizei), March 5, 1933, the day of the last Reichstag election. Bundesarchiv Bild 102-14381. Image source: Wikimedia.
