Archive for Germany

The Waffen-SS as “European Freedom Fighters” – excuse me?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 26 January 2012 by delclem

“Despised & ostracized, the Swedish community of Waffen-SS volunteers long gathered in secret on April 14 (…) for obscure ritualistic annual gatherings at a cemetery in a Stockholm suburb.

Since the 1990s, the rituals have not needed to be clandestine: the few, now very elderly survivors now head to Sinimäe, Estonia, where they feel they are now getting the honor to which they are entitled. Here, Swedish, Norwegian, Austrian, German and other Waffen-SS veterans from Western Europe meet up with their Estonian comrades and neo-Nazi followers. (…)

According to the Tageszeitung, this March the Estonian parliament will now consider a law, which would formally designate the Estonian Waffen-SS veterans as “Freedom Fighters.” Article by Per A. Rudling (c) Defending History.com, 2012

Interview with Dr. Rudling (c) hitlersforeignexecutioners.com, 2012

FAUST is Austrian Russian

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 22 January 2012 by delclem

“There are only few literary figures that are always good at enflaming passions and inciting debates. One of these immortals is Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s Faust. The desperate scholar has conquered countless theatres and his pact with Mephisto has been sealed in a number of films.

Most recently, the Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov developed a fascinating new interpretation of the myth for his film Faust for which he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival … The alchemist, who teeters on the brink of the abyss, is wonderfully played by Viennese actor Johannes Zeiler.”
> interview (c) wieninternational.at, 2012

> German version

Another unpunished massacre

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 19 January 2012 by delclem

“In the spring of 1944, Nazi troops massacred hundreds of Italian civilians in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome. After World War II came to an end, however, the German government did little to track down the perpetrators. At the time, both Rome and Bonn were more interested in politics than justice.” Article by Klaus Wiegrefe

(c) DER SPIEGEL, 2012; photo (c) Koch/Bundesarchiv

Samuel Beckett’s love for Germany

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 7 December 2011 by delclem

The Irish playwright held a long affection for Germany – one that began early and eventually led to his role in the French resistance during World War II, as detailed in a collection of his letters.

Article by (c) Deutsche Welle, 2011

Playing Doctor in Central Europe

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 27 November 2011 by delclem

The GuTTenberg Galaxy: a paradise for (false) academic titles?

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Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011)

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 28 October 2011 by delclem

Obituary for the imspiringly controversial German ex-hippie
and cultural theorist who was called “the Derrida of the media age”,
by Stuart Jeffries (c) The Guardian, 2011

Oktoberfest “results”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 7 October 2011 by delclem

“In the past 17 days, people visiting Munich’s Oktoberfest drank a record 7.5 million liters of beer — around 1.98 million U.S. gallons. That figure is made more striking if one notes that the festival, which ended Monday, hosted some 6.9 million visitors this year — or 200,000 people short of a record turnout.” > READ FULL ARTICLE
(c) npr, 2011

> official Oktoberfest website

> unofficial Oktoberfest website (parental warning: gross!)

Paris, 1940-44: “one big romp”?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 4 October 2011 by delclem

“A new book which suggests that the German occupation of France encouraged the sexual liberation of women has shocked a country still struggling to come to terms with its troubled history of collaboration with the Nazis.” >> READ MORE
(c) Patrick Buisson & The Sunday Times, 2008/2011

“Love thy kosher vampire”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 29 September 2011 by delclem

A pretty interesting article (c) HAARETZ, 2011.

Not every bloodsucker in Western and non-Western folklore is necessarily a “vampire” though. And btw., the demagogic term “bloodsucker”, along with the idiotic “ritual murder” (blood libel) phantasma, has also been used by Christians to villainize Jews in general throughout history.

Photos (c) The so-called Estrie from Jewish mythology (above)
and a medieval vampire (?) skull from Venice (below) Continue reading

Anniversary of a Wall

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on 13 August 2011 by delclem

More videos & texts (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2011  > LINK