Culture of remembrance
This section deals with and categorises the culture of remembrance as it has existed in a wide variety of media from the 1920s to the present day. The various media include books, films, videos of all kinds, museums, works of art... An almost unmanageable list.
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Edleff Köppen: Higher Command – An autobiographical novel
This text is about Edlef Köppen and his novel “Heeresbericht”, which has been almost forgotten today. We will first discuss the book itself, its history and the context in which it was written. We will then turn our attention to the author himself and his biography in order to trace the author’s own path. As he also worked in radio later in his life, this will of course also be discussed. This adds further depth to the context in which the book was written. Finally, we put the book back into the context of the 1930s before moving on to the conclusion. But if you like to, you can watch…
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The recapturing of Riga 1917 – A propagandistic film?
In this article, we take a look at the film “Riga genommen“, an official military film of the “Bild- und Film-Amt”. It can be found on the European film portal, a digital association of several European museums and archives. This film was shot at the end of 1917, after Riga was once again taken by the German Imperial Army. We look at the film to see how large and/or important the documentary and propaganda parts are. The propaganda part is particularly interesting at this point, as the medium of the moving image or film was only just emerging at this time. This means that a generally valid form of propaganda…
