Table Of ContentDIVIDED, BUT NOT DISCONNECTED
Divided, but Not Disconnected
German Experiences of the Cold War
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Edited by
Tobias Hochscherf, Christoph Laucht
and Andrew Plowman
Berghahn Books
New York • Oxford
First published in 2010 by
Berghahn Books
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©2010 Tobias Hochscherf, Christoph Laucht and Andrew Plowman
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Divided, but not disconnected : German experiences of the Cold War / edited by
Tobias Hochscherf, Christoph Laucht and Andrew Plowman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84545-751-8 (alk. paper)
1. Germany—History—1945–1990. 2. Historiography—Germany—History—
20th century. 3. Political culture—Germany—History—20th century.
4. Germany—Politics and government—1945–1990. 5. Germany—Civilization—
20th century. 6. Cold War—Social aspects—Germany. I. Hochscherf, Tobias,
1976– II. Laucht, Christoph, 1976– III. Plowman, Andrew, 1966–
DD258.7.D59 2010
943.087—dc22
2010023960
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Printed in the United States on acid-free paper.
ISBN: 978-1-84545-751-8 Hardback
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Contents
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Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations viii
Introduction 1
Tobias Hochscherf, Christoph Laucht and Andrew Plowman
1. Divided, but Not Disconnected: Germany as a
Border Region of the Cold War 11
Thomas Lindenberger
2. Fighting the First World War in the Cold War: East
and West German Historiography on the Origins of
the First World War, 1949–1959 34
Matthew Stibbe
3. The Sideways Gaze: The Cold War and Memory of
the Nazi Past, 1949–1970 49
Bill Niven
4. Recasting Luther’s Image: The 1983 Commemoration
of Martin Luther in the GDR 63
Jon Berndt Olsen
5. West German Labour Internationalism and the Cold War 77
Quinn Slobodian
6. The German Question and Polish–East German Relations,
1945–1962 90
Sheldon Anderson
7. From Bulwark of Freedom to Cosmopolitan Cocktails:
The Cold War, Mass Tourism and the Marketing
West Berlin as a Tourist Destination 105
Michelle A. Standley
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8. Projections of History: East German Film-Makers and
the Berlin Wall 119
Séan Allan
9. Defending the Border? Satirical Treatments of
the Bundeswehr after the 1960s 134
Andrew Plowman
10. E ast versus West: Olympic Sport as a German Cold War
Phenomenon 148
Christopher Young
11. F ilms from the ‘Other Side’: The Infl uence of the Cold War
on West German Feature Film Import in the GDR 163
Rosemary Stott
12. T he Shadows of the Past in Germany: Visual Representation,
the Male Hero, and the Cold War 176
Inge Marszolek
13. R eenacting the First Battle of the Cold War: Post-Wall
German Television Confronts the Berlin Airlift in Die
Luftbrücke – Nur der Himmel war frei 190
Tobias Hochscherf and Christoph Laucht
14. U nusual Censor Readings: East German Science Fiction
and the GDR Ministry of Culture 204
Patrick Major
15. F unerals in Berlin: The Geopolitical and Cultural Spaces
of the Cold War 220
James Chapman
Select Bibliography 233
Notes on Contributors 247
Index 250
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Acknowledgements
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We are grateful to the British Academy for the award of a grant that
supported speakers attending a symposium held in Liverpool in Septem-
ber 2006, at which many contributors to the volume were able to meet
and exchange ideas. A special note of thanks must also be directed at
the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of
Liverpool, particularly to Professor Eve Rosenhaft, for the provision of
fi nancial and – above all – organizational support. We would also like to
record our gratitude to Marion Berghahn and Berghahn Books for their
valuable encouragement and comments from the early stages of a pro-
posal outline to the fi nal manuscript.
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Abbreviations
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AA Auswärtiges Amt – FRG Foreign Ministry
Abt. Kult. Abteilung Kultur – Culture Department
AIFLD American Institute for Free Labor Development
AFL-CIO The American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations
BAK Bundesarchiv Koblenz
BArch Bundesarchiv Berlin
BArch Film Bundesfi lmarchiv Berlin
BAW Buchenwald-Archiv Weimar-Buchenwald
BMZ Das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche
Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung – Ministry of
Economic Cooperation and Development
CIA Central Intelligence Agency; the US Secret Service
CDU Christlich Demokratische Union – Christian
Democratic Union
DDR-MfAA Bestand Ministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten
der DDR – Records of the GDR Foreign Ministry
DEFA Deutsche Film Aktiengesellschaft
DHfK Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur – German
University of Physical Culture
DGB Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund – Confederation of
German Trade Unions
DOG Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft – German Olympic
Society
DOI Deutsches Olympisches Institut – German Olympic
Institute, Frankfurt/Main
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DSB Deutscher Sportbund – German Sports Association
DTSB Deutsche Turn- und Sportbund der DDR – German
Gymnastics and Sports Federation of the GDR
EEC European Economic Community
FAZ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
FDJ Freie Deutsche Jugend – Free German Youth, the
offi cial youth organization of the GDR
FDP Freie Demokratische Partei – Free Democratic Party
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
GDR German Democratic Republic
ICFTU International Congress of Free Trade Unions
IOC International Olympic Committee
KJS Kinder- und Jugendsportschulen – Children’s and
Youth Sports Schools
KMK Kultusministerkonferenz – the collective body of
Education and Culture Ministers of the states of the
FRG
KM-Q Kreisarchiv Merseburg-Querfurt
KPD Deutsche Kommunistische Partei – German
Communist Party
LAB Landesarchiv Berlin
LSK Leistungskommission der DDR – Performance
Commission of the GDR
MSPD Mehrheitssozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands –
Majority Social Democrats of Germany
MSZ Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych, Archiwum
Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych – Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Archive of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Warsaw, Poland
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NOC National Olympic Committee
NVA Nationale Volksarmee – National People’s Army
PA-AA Politisches Archiv des AA
POW Prisoner of war
