FORMER WEST GERMANS AND THEIR PAST
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I see today that shows me that Germany has not changed was the pub–
licity only a month or so ago regarding Dresden, saying how Germany
blamed us for the bombing of Dresden.
Igor Webb:
The first session and the questions it has raised shows the
emotional nature of these issues, whether one can indeed dispassionately
and rationally look at a past as charged as this one, and whether from
that past one could achieve a single, democratic, liberal strand in the
new Germany. I'm sure these questions will be further pursued. Let's have
a ten-minute break, and we'll resume at twelve noon. Thank you so
much.
Session Two:
History and Current Perceptions of Gennany
Edith Kurzweil:
Welcome to this session of our conference. So far,
we have been presented with a wealth of material. And there is more to
come from our next speakers. Now I will begin by introducing
all
three
speakers. We have first, Dr. Christian Fleck. He is Professor of Sociology
at the University of Gratz, has been a Schumpeter Fellow at Harvard,
and has a number of impressive publications. He will give us "A View
From Austria." Next to him is Dr. Karola Brede, Professor of Sociology
at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt. She has written
many books on social-psychological topics and has been a researcher for
many years with the Mitscherlichs at the Sigmund Freud Institute, also in
Frankfurt. She will present "A View from Frankfurt." Next to her is Dr.
Annie Cohen-Solal, who has been French Cultural Attache in New
York for several years, following the publication of her best-selling
biography of Sartre. Her comments will focus on "A View from France.
Can History Repeat Itself?" We'll start out with Christian Fleck.
Everyone will speak for twenty minutes, and we will follow the same
format as before.
Christian Fleck:
The relationship between Austrians and Germans is a
complex one.
It
is multi-dimensional and biased on both sides due to
