LEADER 03675nam 22005053 450 001 9911009241903321 005 20240603084506.0 010 $a9780520377868$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9780520301214 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520377868 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31326946 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31326946 035 $a(CKB)32200193500041 035 $a(DE-B1597)694964 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520377868 035 $a(OCoLC)1438670833 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932200193500041 100 $a20240603d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn a Cold Crater $eCultural and Intellectual Life in Berlin, 1945-1948 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2018. 210 4$d©1999. 215 $a1 online resource (247 pages) 225 1 $aWeimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism Series ;$vv.18 311 08$aPrint version: Schivelbusch, Wolfgang In a Cold Crater Berkeley : University of California Press,c2018 9780520301214 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1. The Prize -- $t2. Kulturkammer -- $t3. Theater Battles -- $t4. Kulturbund -- $t5. Radio -- $t6. Film -- $t7. Writers at Large -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tIndex of Names 330 $aAlthough the three conspicuous cultures of Berlin in the twentieth century--Weimar, Nazi, and Cold War--are well documented, little is known about the years between the fall of the Third Reich and the beginning of the Cold War. In a Cold Crater is the history of this volatile postwar moment, when the capital of the world's recently defeated public enemy assumed great emotional and symbolic meaning. This is a story not of major intellectual and cultural achievements (for there were none in those years), but of enormous hopes and plans that failed. It is the story of members of the once famous volcano-dancing Berlin intelligentsia, torn apart by Nazism and exile, now re-encountering one another. Those who had stayed in Berlin in 1933 crawled out of the rubble, while many of the exiles returned with the Allied armies as members of the various cultural and re-educational units. All of them were eager to rebuild a neo-Weimar republic of letters, arts, and thought. Some were highly qualified and serious. Many were classic opportunists. A few came close to being clowns. After three years of "carnival," recreated by Schivelbusch in all its sound and fury, they were driven from the stage by the Cold War. As Berlin once again becomes the German capital, Schivelbusch's masterful cultural history is certain to captivate historians and general readers alike. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999. 410 0$aWeimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism Series 606 $aIntellectuals$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / General$2bisacsh 615 0$aIntellectuals$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / General. 676 $a943/.155 700 $aSchivelbusch$b Wolfgang$0147512 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9911009241903321 996 $aIn a Cold Crater$94396066 997 $aUNINA