“Germany’s Annexation Of Austria 75 Years Ago Remembered As ‘Darkest Time’.” >full text (c) HUFFINGTON POST, 2013
Militant mountain people?
Posted in Uncategorized with tags army, Austria, Bundesheer, conscription, national defence, referendum on 20 February 2013 by delclem
Austria is probably the only modern state in EUrope whose voters have not abolished the draft in a plebiscite. Continue reading
“The Adventures of Prince Ahmed”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags animated film, cinematography, film, film history, Germany, Lotte Reiniger, Orientalism, Prinz Achmed on 19 February 2013 by delclem
This is the first known/preserved animated film (Lotte Reiniger, Germany, 1926)
and a striking example of popular Orientalism in early Modernism as well.
Geog Baselitz turning 75 in Vienna
Posted in Uncategorized with tags art, exhibition, Georg Baselitz, Germany, Vienna on 6 February 2013 by delclem
The exhibition Georg Baselitz – Works from 1968 to 2012 is organized by the Essls in their museum in Klosterneuburg near Vienna on the occasion of the 75th birthday of the great German artist, a long-standing friend of the collector couple. Forty-four works by Baselitz from four decades will be shown until 20 May 2013 >museum website
“Why did men stop wearing high heels?”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags cultural history, Europe, fashion, gender, high heels on 4 February 2013 by delclem
“For generations they have signified femininity and glamour – but a pair of high heels was once an essential accessory for men.” A survey of shoe history. >full text (c) BBC World Service 2013
Looking forward to the 5th season
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Carnival, Croatia, folklore, Rijeka on 2 February 2013 by delclem
“Redacting Racism”?
Posted in Uncategorized with tags censorship, children's literature, Germany, political correctness on 27 January 2013 by delclem
Edit of Classic Children’s Book Hexes Publisher
“A German publisher is being accused of excessive political correctness for removing controversial language from a classic children’s book, sparking debate about how to handle outdated and offensive words in the genre.”
>article (c) DER SPIEGEL, 2013
“Murdered, buried, denied”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, film, genocide, interview, Lukas Sturm, Srebrenica on 26 January 2013 by delclem
If “writing poem about Auschwitz is barbaric, as German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno claimed: what about feature films on genocide? In this case Body Complete (about the Srebrenica massacre) by Austrian director Lukas Sturm >interview (c) wieninternational.at 2013
What the Soldaten did
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Harald Welzer, history, Prisoner of war, World War II on 25 January 2013 by delclem
Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying –
The Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs
“A new book (by Sönke Neitzel & Harald Welzer) based on transcripts of secretly recorded conversations between German prisoners of war reveals much about the involvement of ordinary soldiers in the atrocities committed by the Third Reich.” >review & photo (c) IT, 2013
The “Banality of Evil” & Philosophy
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Adolf Eichmann, film, Germany, Hannah Arendt, Holocaust, Margarethe von Trotta, philosophy, Second World War, USA on 24 January 2013 by delclemThe new German film by Margarethe Trotta on the German American philosopher Hanna Arendt & the Holocuast organizer Adolf Eichmann is out. And Arendt’s original articles on the “Banality of Evil” are avialable in the New Yorker archive >text (c) OPEN CULTURE / FILM,HISTORY 2013
delirium clemens 