The Antifascist Classroom : Denazification in Soviet-occupied Germany, 1945-1949 / / by B. Blessing

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970716503321
• Autore: Blessing Benita
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006
• ISBN: 9786611361143; 9781349536757; 134953675X; 9781281361141; 1281361143; 9780230601635; 0230601634
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2006.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.4310944
• Soggetti: Chemistry, Organic; Europe, Central - History; Educational sociology; Education - History; Europe - History; History, Modern; Organic Chemistry; History of Germany and Central Europe; Sociology of Education; History of Education; European History; Modern History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Redemption through Reconstruction; 1 Antifascism, Unity, and Division; 2 Setting up the School; 3 Rebuilding the School; 4 Rubble ; Children and the Construction of Gender Roles; 5 The Antifascist Narrative; 6 "Vati's home!": From Defeated Nazi to Antifascist Hero; 7 Reestablishing Traditions; Conclusion: Redemption through Reconstruction and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study explores the history of the New School that developed in the postwar period and its role in communicating antifascism to young people in the Soviet zone. Blessing traces how the decisions about how to educate young people after the National Socialist dictatorship became part of a broader discussion about the future of the German nation.