BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30519@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:The Far right and German society from 1970 to 2000 DTSTAMP:20261114T020137Z DTSTART:20261203T160000Z DESCRIPTION:The far right has been a part of political culture in both the Federal Republic\nand reunified Germany\, not just since the rise of the A lternative for Germany\n(AfD) party. In his lecture\, historian Knud Andre sen will use selected examples\nto trace the development of the far-right milieu\, civil society groups and state\nresponses\, and will place these within their social context. Afterwards he will\nengage in a conversation with Hanno Balz.\n\nThe far-right scene in Germany\, comprising parties su ch as the NPD\, the\nRepublicans and the DVU\, has enjoyed electoral succe ss on several occasions\, yet\nhas remained isolated from all other partie s. On the surface\, the far right\nappeared to be on the fringes of societ y and politically insignificant. However\,\nthis long-held perception can hardly be sustained when viewed through a more\nin-depth historiographical lens. The far right has influenced political debates\nin a number of ways . At certain times\, it has reflected the general mood of\nlarge sections of the population. Examples include the mobilisation against the\n‘Neue Os tpolitik’ in 1970\, debates on asylum and migration policy\, and the\ndeba te on the criminal role of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War in th e\nmid-1990s. This is also evident in the increase in everyday racist and\ nright-wing violent acts since the late 1970s.\n\nThe far right has also l eft its mark in the reactions it has sparked. Since the\nend of the war\, its public appearances and actions have regularly prompted\ndefensive resp onses. Since the 1970s in particular\, ‘anti-fascist alliances’\nhave emer ged\, comprising trade unions\, churches\, political parties and radical\n left-wing groups. These have confronted the far right at demonstrations an d led\ndebates on political education\, the Nazi past\, and the limits of free speech.\n\nAfter his lecture\, Knud Andresen will engage in a convers ation with historian\nHanno Balz.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nKnud Andresen is Senior Researcher and acting Deputy Director at the Research\nCentre for Contemp orary History (Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte) in\nHamburg. His resea rch focuses on social and cultural history in the 20thcentury\,\nmainly th e history of work and labour movement\, new social movements\, Oral\nHisto ry and the Far Right.\n\nHanno Balz is a member of the academic staff at t he Duitsland Instituut\nAmsterdam and a Lektor for the Deutsche Akademisch e Austauschdienst. He teaches\nGerman and European history at the Universi ty of Amsterdam. Hanno’s fields of\nresearch are the history of social mov ements\, cultural and media history\, and\nthe Shoah and Nazi rule and its legacy. He published extensively on media and\nterrorism in West Germany. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-far-right-and-german-society-from-1 970-to-2000 GEO:52.3685931;4.8896879 LOCATION:SPUI25 - Spui 25-27\, 1012 WX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:daytime,history,politics,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The far right has been a part of political culture in both the Federal Republic and reunified Germany, not just since the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In his lecture, hist orian Knud Andresen will use selected examples to trace the development of the far-right milieu, civil society groups and state responses, and will place these within their social context. Afterwards he will engage in a co nversation with Hanno Balz.

The far-right scene in Germany , comprising parties such as the NPD, the Republicans and the DVU, has enj oyed electoral success on several occasions, yet has remained isolated fro m all other parties. On the surface, the far right appeared to be on the f ringes of society and politically insignificant. However, this long-held p erception can hardly be sustained when viewed through a more in-depth hist oriographical lens. The far right has influenced political debates in a nu mber of ways. At certain times, it has reflected the general mood of large sections of the population. Examples include the mobilisation against the ‘Neue Ostpolitik’ in 1970, debates on asylum and migration policy, and th e debate on the criminal role of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War in the mid-1990s. This is also evident in the increase in everyday racist and right-wing violent acts since the late 1970s.

The far right h as also left its mark in the reactions it has sparked. Since the end of th e war, its public appearances and actions have regularly prompted defensiv e responses. Since the 1970s in particular, ‘anti-fascist alliances’ have emerged, comprising trade unions, churches, political parties and radical left-wing groups. These have confronted the far right at demonstrations an d led debates on political education, the Nazi past, and the limits of fre e speech.

After his lecture, Knud Andresen will engage in a conver sation with historian Hanno Balz.

Speakers

Knud Andresen is Senior Researcher and acting Deputy Director at the Research Centre for Contemporary History (Forschun gsstelle für Zeitgeschichte) in Hamburg. His research focuses on social an d cultural history in the 20thcentury, mainly the history of work and labo ur movement, new social movements, Oral History and the Far Right.

Hanno Balz is a member of the academic staff at the Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam and a Lektor for the Deutsche Akademisc he Austauschdienst. He teaches German and European history at the Universi ty of Amsterdam. Hanno’s fields of research are the history of social move ments, cultural and media history, and the Shoah and Nazi rule and its leg acy. He published extensively on media and terrorism in West Germany.

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