TD: Jahrgang 15, Heft 2018, 2, Seite 233–262

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The here documented panel debate goes back to a public evening event during a congress in Leipzig in November 2015 on “Childhood in the Second World War”. Three renowned scientists from the generation of Second World War children, born in the years 1940 to 1943, were invited. In conversation with Barbara Stambolis and hosted by Heide Glaesmer, Peter Maser, Konrad Jarausch and Jürgen Reulecke discuss in retrospect what it means to have been a war child. They devote themselves to generational impressions and explore the connection between personal experiences and their research as well as their social commitment. They formulate thoughtful reflections on transgenerational dimensions and current effects of war and experiences of violence. It seemed to be of particular interest to what extent experiences of one’s own are important for the current international comparative research of World War II children.

TD: Jahrgang 3, Heft 2006, 1, Seite 25–46

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Durch die Anwendung des Begriffs "Zivilgesellschaft" auf die Entwicklung in der DDR wird die Dynamik ihrer anfänglichen Unterdrückung, ihre partielle Wiederentstehung bis zu ihrer explosionsartigen Rückmeldung und Konsolidierung veranschaulicht. Trotz der Beseitigung zivilgesellschaftlicher Werte durch die SED entwickelten sich kritische Minderheiten als Träger zivilgesellschaftlicher Werte. Im Herbst 1989 folgte ein Prozess der Selbstbefreiung, auch verbunden mit einer Wiederherstellung zivilgesellschaftlicher Formen. Teils wurden ältere Institutionen reaktiviert, teils neue geschaffen. Ein Bruch der in der friedlichen Revolution entstandenen zivilgesellschaftlichen Strukturen deutete sich mit der Gründung von Parteien und der Parlamentarisierung an. Durch die deutsche Einheit wurde die ostdeutsche schließlich in die bestehende civil society der Bundesrepublik überführt.

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By applying the term “civil society” to the internal evolution of the GDR, the dynamics of its initial oppression,its partial re-development, as well as its explosive comeback and consolidation, are demonstrated. Despite the abolition of civil society structures by the Socialist Unity Party (SED), critical minorities developed who supported such values. In autumn 1989 a process of self-liberation followed, which also went along with a re-institution of forms of civil society. Partly, older institutions were reinstated, and partly new ones were created. With the founding of political parties, and the revival of parliament, a break with the civil society structures which developed during the Peaceful Revolution took place. Through the German unification, East German society was finally transferred into the existing civil society of the Federal Republic.

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