“Germany’s Annexation Of Austria 75 Years Ago Remembered As ‘Darkest Time’.” >full text (c) HUFFINGTON POST, 2013
Archive for Germany
“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
“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correctness for removing controversial language from a classic children’s book, sparking debate about how to handle outdated and offensive words in the genre.”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
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
“Taoiseach, Nazi, soldier, spy”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, Germany, Ireland, Literature, National Socialism, Otto Skorzeny, Second World War, SS, Stuart Neville on 12 January 2013 by delclem
Ratlines, the latest novel by North Irish author Stuart Neville, is not only about the former Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Charles J Haughey, but also on the prominent Austrian SS-veteran Otto Skorzeny who lived in Ireland from the late 1950s (and was buried at the Döbling cemetery in Vienna after his death in 1975) > text (c) THE IRISH TIMES, 2013
Heart Break Hotels in Europe
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, Belgium, Germany, hotels, Italy, Netherlands, photography, Slovakia, what's in a name? on 10 January 2013 by delclem
“What do you dream of when you stay at Hotel Kummer (German for ‘heartache’)? Who do you meet at Hotel Verloren (‘lost’)? And does breakfast at the B&B Trauer (‘grief’) leave a special taste in your mouth? Artist Conny Habbel and author Franz Adrian Wenzl went to see the most desperate hotels in Europe.” >Text & photos (album) (c) wieninternational.at 2012
Return to Berlin
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Berlin, David Bowie, Germany, Great Britain, Music, Pop on 8 January 2013 by delclemIn his new single – the only one in 10 years – David Bowie takes us on a trip down memory lane in… BERLIN, on the occasion of his 66th birthday today.
Playful Economy
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Andreas Tönnesmann, Austria, board games, Charles Darrow, cultural history, Europe, Germany, Monopoly, USA on 24 December 2012 by delclem
The history of the board game Monopoly Continue reading
Grimm Bicentennial: behind the fairy tales
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Brothers Grimm, fairy tales, Germany, Kassel, literary analysis, Literature on 21 December 2012 by delclem
Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and roots of Nazism are on the agenda at a Kassel
congress on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Grimm Bros. classic tales
>text (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2012
Ilustration by Benjamin Lacombe
delirium clemens 