Verschweigen – Vertuschen – Verdrängen

Prof. em. Arthur Kreuzer

doi:10.5771/9783748919254

Summary

The author is a member oft the generation born in Germany shortly before or during WWII. How did I experience the ways of dealing with our horrible past of the time of National Socialism during childhood and adolescence, during my studies, as a professor at the university, within the sciences and politics and society as a whole? Was the past discussed freely, was there scientific reflection? Quite the opposite: the past was mostly supressed, eliminated, forgotten. Proof for that are striking examples from within the circle of family and friends, school and university, from a life as a criminologist as well as from other groups like physicians and representatives oft the churches, as well as encounters in foreign countries. New generations should look for early symptoms that signal threats to social cohesion, human rights and democracy and react accordingly. This is a task for all who feel responsible to protect living in a democracy. After all there are indications of divisions within societies, growing anti-semitism and xenophobia in many places. This is true here and – as also shown – in many countries that are in a process of change between a dictatorship and a democracy or even in presumed safe, partly even model democracies such as the USA. The authentic reports of personal experiences cannot take the place of abstract historical research, however they enrich the results and contribute to an emotional involvement. And they demonstrate that there are no uniform attitudes as suggested by terms like „a nation of perpetrators“. Attitudes are shown ranging between the extremes of strict allegiance and open resistance. They make one wonder how one would have behaved in such situations.

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Copyright year: 2024
Publication date: 05.01.2024
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-1383-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-1925-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kleine Schriften – Rechtswissenschaft | Short Cuts – Law
Volume: 3
Language: German
Pages: 141
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
Einführung No access Pages 9 - 16
1. 1. Der Vater und die NS-Vergangenheit No access
2. 2. Stiller Widerstand – die Mutter No access
3. 3. Ältester Bruder und die HJ No access
4. 4. Ein Onkel und die „Deutschen Christen“ No access
5. 5. Exkurs: Ein Verwandter der „vergessenen“ oder „stillen Generation“ wertet familiäre Tagebücher aus No access
1. 1. Autoritäre Erziehung in einer bayerischen Volksschule No access
2. 2. Schul-Reformitis in Hamburg No access
1. 1. Festschrift für den NS-„Kronjuristen“ Carl Schmitt No access
2. 2. Alte Lehre in neuer Verpackung: Herbert Krüger No access
3. 3. Kontinuität von fragwürdigen Strafrechtslehren: Edmund Mezger No access
4. 4. Fehlende Auseinandersetzung mit den Nürnberger Prozessen No access
5. 5. Umgang mit dem jüdischen Remigranten Richard Honig 1964 No access
6. 6. Erfahrungen der Kriminologin Anne-Eva Brauneck in drei historischen Perioden No access
1. 1. Erinnerungen an die Vergangenheit in Griechenland 1959 No access
2. 2. Am Rande eines Besuchs bei der NATO in Paris 1966 No access
3. 3. Erfahrungen in Jerusalem 1991 No access
4. 4. Exkurs: Grenzen der Israel-Kritik No access
5. 5. Ergänzung zum Exkurs: Überfall auf Israel am 7. Oktober 2023 No access
1. 1. Ein bedeutender Vorgänger: Wolfgang Mittermaier No access
2. 2. Bemerkenswertes aus neueren Gießener Veranstaltungen zur Auseinandersetzung mit der Vergangenheit No access
VI. Beispielgebendes Gedenken an Holocaust-Opfer heute No access Pages 91 - 94
1. 1. Brasilien 1981, Argentinien und Uruguay 1983 No access
2. 2. Türkei, 1983 No access
3. 3. Südostasien 1990 No access
4. 4. Iran 2002 No access
5. 5. USA 2001 – „Nine Eleven“ und Gefahren auch in einer Demokratie für Missachtung von Menschenrechten und Völkerrecht No access
Ausgewählte Schriften No access Pages 135 - 141