Was gemeint ist, wenn vom 8. Mai gesprochen wird, ist angesichts der Heterogenität der Daten und Ereignisse sowie ihrer Bezeichnungen und Deutungen keineswegs evident. Paradoxerweise kommt der bedingungslosen Kapitulation der Wehrmacht kein eindeutiges Datum zu, und die Orte der Unterzeichnung der Kapitulationserklärung – am 7. Mai in Reims und aus protokollarischen Gründen am 8./9. Mai 1945 in Berlin-Karlshorst wiederholt – spielen im öffentlichen Diskurs nahezu keine Rolle. Eine europäische Verständigung über Datum, Ort und Bedeutung des 8. Mai ist bis heute nicht erfolgt, selbst unter Ausklammerung Deutschlands. Das Kriegsende und die Befreiung von der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft waren geschichtliche Prozesse, die an unterschiedlichen geografischen Orten zu unterschiedlichen Zeitpunkten und in unterschiedlichen Zeiträumen stattfanden. Die vorliegende Publikation zeigt Polyvalenzen, Widersprüche und Konflikte der Erinnerung an den 8. Mai auf, die sich aus einer internationalen, interdisziplinären und diachronen Perspektive ergeben. Prozesse der Auswahl und Konstruktion sowie die Frage danach, wann und warum sie erfolgreich werden, stehen im Fokus der Aufsätze. Sie lassen sich drei Schwerpunkten zuordnen: diskursiven Auseinandersetzungen, medialen Repräsentationen und ritualisierten, individuellen oder politischen Handlungsweisen. Geografisch werden Russland, Deutschland, Kroatien, Großbritannien, Polen, Italien, Frankreich und Israel einbezogen, analysiert werden Literatur, Fotografie, Ausstellungen, Denkmale, Architektur und Bildende Kunst, Diskurse auf nationaler und lokaler Ebene sowie Feierlichkeiten und Gedenkveranstaltungen.
When Judith G. Coffin discovered a virtually unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from Beauvoir's international readers, it inspired Coffin to explore the intimate bond between the famed author and her reading public. This correspondence, at the heart of Sex, Love, and Letters, immerses us in the tumultuous decades from the late 1940s to the 1970s—from the painful aftermath of World War II to the horror and shame of French colonial brutality in Algeria and through the dilemmas and exhilarations of the early gay liberation and feminist movements. The letters also provide a glimpse into the power of reading and the power of readers to seduce their favorite authors. The relationship between Beauvoir and her audience proved especially long, intimate, and vexed. Coffin traces this relationship, from the publication of Beauvoir's acclaimed The Second Sex to the release of the last volume of her memoirs, offering an unfamiliar perspective on one of the most magnetic and polarizing philosophers of the twentieth century. Along the way, we meet many of the greatest writers of Beauvoir's generation—Hannah Arendt; Dominique Aury, author of The Story of O; François Mauriac, winner of the Nobel Prize and nemesis of Albert Camus; Betty Friedan; and, of course, Jean-Paul Sartre—bringing the electrically charged salon experience to life. Sex, Love, and Letters lays bare the private lives and political emotions of the letter writers and of Beauvoir herself. Her readers did not simply pen fan letters but, as Coffin shows, engaged in a dialogue that revealed intellectual and literary life to be a joint and collaborative production. "This must happen to you often, doesn't it?" wrote one. "That people write to you and tell you about their lives?
SWAT teams, GSG9, EKO Cobra, SCO 19 these elite police units are used to dealing with dangerous situations, particularly in the fight against global terrorism. European political-economic journalist and author, Judith Grohmann, is the first outsider to be given access into the world of specialist counter-terrorism units in 16 countries around the globe, including the USA, Russia, Israel, the UK, and many more. Whether performing hostage rescues, subduing barricaded suspects, engaging with heavily-armed criminals or taking part in counter-terrorism operations, her interviews with the men and women concerned explain what their work really involves, their most dangerous missions, and the physical and mental training required for them to perform these high-risk operations, which fall outside the abilities of regular police officers.A truly intimate insight into a closed world.
This masterful history of the monumental architecture of Alexandria, as well as of the rest of Egypt, encompasses an entire millennium—from the city’s founding by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. to the years just after the Islamic conquest of A.D. 642. Long considered lost beyond recall, the architecture of ancient Alexandria has until now remained mysterious. But here Judith McKenzie shows that it is indeed possible to reconstruct the city and many of its buildings by means of meticulous exploration of archaeological remains, written sources, and an array of other fragmentary evidence. The book approaches its subject at the macro- and the micro-level: from city-planning, building types, and designs to architectural style. It addresses the interaction between the imported Greek and native Egyptian traditions; the relations between the architecture of Alexandria and the other cities and towns of Egypt as well as the wider Mediterranean world; and Alexandria’s previously unrecognized role as a major source of architectural innovation and artistic influence. Lavishly illustrated with new plans of the city in the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine periods; reconstruction drawings; and photographs, the book brings to life the ancient city and uncovers the true extent of its architectural legacy in the Mediterranean world.
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