The Tin Drum Die blechtrommel
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A lecture which reveiws the effect of the loss of the Eastern Territories on German families through the fil The Tin Drum
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The Tin Drum Die blechtrommel
- 1. Die Blechtommel Icon: The Lost East Richard McKenzie 10 May 2012 © University of Reading 2006 www.reading.ac.uk
- 2. The Lost East 2
- 3. The Lost East 3
- 4. The Lost East The Potsdam Accords 4
- 5. The Lost East • Approx 11,329,676 Heimatvertriebene recorded in 1950 • Lived in emergency accommodation around Germany • Umsiedler – E Germany • Heimatvertriebene –W Germany 5
- 6. The Lost East • Strong political force in W Germany – Held 27 seats in Bundestag in 1953 • Presented as the heart of German suffering • East presented as idyll • Approx 10 films made about the flight of eastern territories 6
- 7. Die Blechtrommel • W German • 1979 • Oscar Winner • Volker Schlöndorff b1939 • Günter Grass b1927 • Novel 1958 • Set in Danzig 7
- 8. Die Blechtrommel • A sexualised German fairy tale without a happy ending • Sex used to show conflict and attraction between cultures • Sex used to mark changes in time 8
- 9. Die Blechtrommel The mythical lost East or the wild East ? 9
- 10. Die Blechtrommel The mythical lost East or the wild East ? 10
- 11. Die Blechtrommel A Hymn to Danzig • Kashubian • Polish • German • Jews • Free? • Live in confused harmony • Forced to choose by Nazis 11
- 12. Die Blechtrommel The Ridiculous Nazis • Grotesque • Vicious • Seductive • Destructive 12
- 13. Die Blechtrommel The Terrible Choice • Jan Bronski – Polish • Alfred Matzerath – Nazi • Agnes Matzerath – Can’t choose • Grandmother – Kashubian 13
- 14. Die Blechtrommel Victims • Jews • Markus • Bronksi • Poles • Matzerath • Maria • Oskar’s Grandmother • Danzig 14
- 15. The Soviets • Liberators or Perpetrators? 15
- 16. Die Blechtrommel The East-Paradise Lost ? 16
- 17. Conclusion • Lost eastern territories a confused mix of cultures • Ridiculous Nazi’s seduced Danzig and the people paid the price for seduction with lives • Germans, Jews, culture victims • Now a paradise lost • Soviet perpetrators not liberators • East gone for ever 17