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Other ’68ers in West Berlin: Christian Democratic Students and the Cold War City
by
von der Goltz, Anna
in
Activism
/ Activists
/ Anti-communism
/ Archives & records
/ Autobiographies
/ Berlin West Germany
/ Christian democratic parties
/ Christianity
/ Christians
/ Cities
/ Cold War
/ College students
/ Communism
/ Conservatism
/ Democracy
/ European history
/ History
/ Leadership
/ Left wing politics
/ Narratives
/ Oral history
/ Political activism
/ Students
/ Urban population
/ Vietnam War
/ Youth movements
2017
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Other ’68ers in West Berlin: Christian Democratic Students and the Cold War City
by
von der Goltz, Anna
in
Activism
/ Activists
/ Anti-communism
/ Archives & records
/ Autobiographies
/ Berlin West Germany
/ Christian democratic parties
/ Christianity
/ Christians
/ Cities
/ Cold War
/ College students
/ Communism
/ Conservatism
/ Democracy
/ European history
/ History
/ Leadership
/ Left wing politics
/ Narratives
/ Oral history
/ Political activism
/ Students
/ Urban population
/ Vietnam War
/ Youth movements
2017
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Other ’68ers in West Berlin: Christian Democratic Students and the Cold War City
by
von der Goltz, Anna
in
Activism
/ Activists
/ Anti-communism
/ Archives & records
/ Autobiographies
/ Berlin West Germany
/ Christian democratic parties
/ Christianity
/ Christians
/ Cities
/ Cold War
/ College students
/ Communism
/ Conservatism
/ Democracy
/ European history
/ History
/ Leadership
/ Left wing politics
/ Narratives
/ Oral history
/ Political activism
/ Students
/ Urban population
/ Vietnam War
/ Youth movements
2017
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Other ’68ers in West Berlin: Christian Democratic Students and the Cold War City
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Other ’68ers in West Berlin: Christian Democratic Students and the Cold War City
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Many of the most iconic moments of Germany's “1968” took place in the walled confines
of West Berlin, the emblematic Cold War city often referred to as the “capital of the
revolt.” Most accounts portray the events in West Berlin as having been characterized
by confrontations between the leftist student movement, on the one hand, and a
conservative press and generally hostile, older, urban population, on the other. This
article rethinks and refines existing historiographical narratives of the 1968
student movement in West Berlin, as well as of West Berlin's place in the student
movement. It examines the actions and experiences of student activists in West
Berlin, who rarely feature in the familiar narrative—namely, Christian Democratic
activists, particularly those from the Association of Christian Democratic Students
(RCDS). Using oral history interviews, memoirs, and a wide array of archival sources
from German and US archives, the article sheds light on the background of some of the
most important conservative players and discusses the manifold ways in which they
engaged with the goals of the revolutionary left in the city. The analysis pays
special attention to the effects that German division and life in West Berlin had on
Christian Democratic activists, to the sources of their anti-Communism, and to their
views about the US-led war in Vietnam, a major Cold War conflict that carried special
resonance in the divided city. The article concludes that there were important (yet
shifting and often porous) dividing lines in West Berlin's “1968” other than those
that separated politicized students from an older and more conservative city
leadership and population, a conclusion that calls for a modification of the familiar
storyline that simply pits Rudi Dutschke and others on the left against the city's
“establishment.” The article suggests that this has repercussions for interpretations
of the student movement that center on generation. It argues, in short, that
Christian Democratic students—activists who were, in effect, other ’68ers—helped to
shape and were, in turn, shaped by the events that took place in West Berlin in
1968. Viele der zentralen Ereignisse der westdeutschen 68er-Bewegung spielten sich in West
Berlin ab, einer Stadt, die wie kaum eine andere durch den Kalten Krieg geprägt wurde
und die oft als “Hauptstadt der Revolte” bezeichnet wird. Die meisten Studien über
“1968” in West-Berlin sehen die zentrale Konfliktlinie dieser Zeit zwischen der
linken Studentenbewegung und einer älteren, konservativeren und anti-kommunistisch
geprägten Stadtbevölkerung verlaufen, die den politisierten Studenten mehrheitlich
feindlich gegenüberstand. Dieser Aufsatz hinterfragt dieses gängige
historiographische Narrativ, indem er einerseits bisher wenig bekannte Aspekte der
studentischen Mobilisierung in West Berlin um 1968 analysiert und andererseits den
Ort West Berlins in der Geschichte der Studentenbewegung neu auslotet. Im Mittelpunkt
der Betrachtung stehen die Erfahrungen und Handlungen einer Gruppe studentischer
Aktivisten, die in der Historiographie bislang kaum belichtet worden ist—Aktivisten
aus dem West-Berliner Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten (RCDS). Basierend auf
Oral History Interviews, autobiografischen Texten und einer Vielzahl zeitgenössischer
Quellen aus deutschen und amerikanischen Archiven stellt der Aufsatz einige der
Protagonisten dieser studentischen Hochschulgruppe vor und diskutiert ihr Verhältnis
zur revolutionären linken Bewegung. Die Auswirkungen, die der Krieg in Vietnam, die
deutsche Teilung, sowie die Existenz der Berliner Mauer auf die handelnden Akteure
hatten, stehen im Fokus der Analyse. Es wird argumentiert, dass “1968” nicht nur eine
bedeutende Trennlinie zwischen der politisierten Studentenschaft und der Berliner
Bevölkerung verlief, sondern dass es ebenfalls signifikante politische
Auseinandersetzungen innerhalb der Studentenschaft gab, die bisher nicht eingehend
untersucht worden sind. Der Artikel zeigt auf, dass die Beteiligung
christdemokratischer Akteure an den Schlüsselereignissen der Studentenbewegung
darüber hinaus etablierte generationelle Deutungen von “1968” in Frage stellt.
Christdemokratische Aktivisten werden hier als “andere ‘68er” interpretiert, die von
dieser Zeit ebenso geprägt wurden-und sie wiederum prägten—wie ihre linken
Kommilitonen.
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