“Some Comments on Political Discourse and Regime-Building in Post-Transition Hungary.”>full text (c) tr@nsit 2013
Archive for December, 2013
Krampus: Santa’s dark side
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Alps, Austria, customs, folklore, Germany, Krampus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas Day, Santa Claus, Yule on 5 December 2013 by delclem
“While Saint Nicholas may bring gifts to good boys and girls, ancient folklore in Europe’s Alpine region also tells of Krampus, a frightening beast-like creature who emerges during the Yule season, looking for naughty children to punish in horrible ways — or possibly to drag back to his lair in a sack.” >text & photo album (c) THE ATLANTIC, 2013 – more questions: see another text (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2013
Did Nazi spies like Ireland?
Posted in Uncategorized with tags espionage, Germany, Ireland, National Socialism, national stereotyping, Second World War on 4 December 2013 by delclem
“Research for a thriller set in 1940s Ireland revealed an influx of German agents who despaired about their gossipy, amateurish Irish sympathisers.” >full text & photo (c) IRISH TIMES, 2013
The GDR’s secret 1980s skater scene
Posted in Uncategorized with tags GDR, Germany, skateboarding, Stasi, youth culture on 3 December 2013 by delclem
“Skateboarding was American, therefore subversive and dangerous, so the Stasi began monitoring the skating community to keep tabs on any potential troublemakers or ringleaders.”>full article (c) vice.com 2013
Mozart’s mug shot
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, Facial composite, mug shot, Music, Salzburg, Vienna, Wiesbaden, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 2 December 2013 by delclem
“This picture is a facial composite of W. A. Mozart, ca. 1777, generated around 1991 by the Federal German Police (BKA), from four portraits that appeared during Mozart’s lifetime. The details on how or why they did this are scarce, unfortunately. In 1777 Mozart was twenty-one years old;” he died 222 years ago. >full text (c) dangerous minds 2013
Surviving on Music
Posted in Uncategorized with tags concentration camp, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holocaust, survivors, Terezín, testimony, Theresienstadt on 1 December 2013 by delclemHow Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest Holocaust witness, survived the horrific ordeal of Theresienstadt (Terezín) with music. >article (c) open culture 2013
The former concentration camp >photos
delirium clemens 