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T1 Contemporary ideas in a traditional mind-set: the nature conservation movement in post war West-Germany  (1945-1960)
A1 Kirchhof, Astrid Mignon
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB In winter 1947 the Association for the Protection of the German Forest was founded to prevent the eradication of the forest across Germany after suffering wartime destruction, overuse and firewood logging. Especially the occupying forces faced harsh criticism from the German people for their widespread deforestation even though it seems that the Allied Powers used the wood resources quite responsibly. This article argues that the uproar by nature conservationists, politicians and “normal people” reflected a German sense of powerlessness, and revealed images and convictions of the forest as a national symbol that was supposedly endangered in post-war Germany. These post-war discussions referred back to the discourse of the 19th century, when German intellectuals declared the forest to be the myth of the German people and developed a notion of “Heimat” that saw a close connection between nation and nature. The post-war discussions involved many of those images and convictions. Nevertheless, the discussions were not only retrospective: they also reacted to the contemporary political situation and adapted their answers and solutions accordingly.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
YR 2011
FD 2011-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20526
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20526
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 25-abr-2024