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- Title
LEAVING VIOLENCE BEHIND: THOUGHTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GERMANY AFTER 1945.
- Authors
Bessel, Richard
- Abstract
Among the 'miracles' that characterised post-war Germany, perhaps the most miraculous was the turn of the German population away from violence and their violent past. The transformation already had begun during the last months of the war, when the violence visited on Germans reached its peak. This avalanche of violence provided a shock that created the basis for a profound cultural shift: away from militaristic values as Germany became a strikingly peaceful, non-violent country. After considering what occurred in 1945, the article goes on to discuss various spheres where this cultural shift may be traced: attitudes towards the military and military service, corporal punishment in schools, the increased prominence of women in public life, and the general process of liberalization that affected postwar Western Europe generally.
- Subjects
GERMANY; GERMAN history, 1945-; VIOLENCE; PEACEFUL societies; CORPORAL punishment; GERMAN military; WOMEN; SOCIAL conditions of women
- Publication
Historia 396, 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
0719-0719
- Publication type
Article