A look at Vienna, 1938
TitleA look at Vienna, 1938
Author
Call number909.82/0004
Object number10575a
Place of publicationVienna, Austria
PublisherPassagen
Year of publication
2009
Physical description6p.
MaterialArticle
Series titlePassagen Gesellschaft.
NotesInternational conference proceedings at the Kreisky-Forum, Vienna, in June 2008.
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp21-27
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp21-27
Description
Reflections of a young drama student growing up in Vienna in 1938.
In national or international affairs countries frequently react with silence to terrible events, such as when the Austrians after 1945 avoided answering questions as willing partners of Nazi Germany. This particular silence prevailed for 40 years until Kurt Waldheim in 1986 provoked a furious controversy in Austria which had come to think of itself as Hitler’s victim rather than an ally