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Journalists between Hitler and Adenauer - From Inner Emigration to the Moral Reconstruction of West Germany (Hardcover)
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Journalists between Hitler and Adenauer - From Inner Emigration to the Moral Reconstruction of West Germany (Hardcover)
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The moral and political role of German journalists before, during,
and after the Nazi dictatorship Journalists between Hitler and
Adenauer takes an in-depth look at German journalism from the late
Weimar period through the postwar decades. Illuminating the roles
played by journalists in the media metropolis of Hamburg, Volker
Berghahn focuses on the lives and work of three remarkable
individuals: Marion Countess Doenhoff, distinguished editor of Die
Zeit; Paul Sethe, "the grand old man of West German journalism";
and Hans Zehrer, editor in chief of Die Welt. All born before 1914,
Doenhoff, Sethe, and Zehrer witnessed the Weimar Republic's end and
opposed Hitler. When the latter seized power in 1933, they were,
like their fellow Germans, confronted with the difficult choice of
entering exile, becoming part of the active resistance, or joining
the Nazi Party. Instead, they followed a fourth path-"inner
emigration"-psychologically distancing themselves from the regime,
their writing falling into a gray zone between grudging
collaboration and active resistance. During the war, Doenhoff and
Sethe had links to the 1944 conspiracy to kill Hitler, while Zehrer
remained out of sight on a North Sea island. In the decades after
1945, all three became major figures in the West German media.
Berghahn considers how these journalists and those who chose inner
emigration interpreted Germany's horrific past and how they helped
to morally and politically shape the reconstruction of the country.
With fresh archival materials, Journalists between Hitler and
Adenauer sheds essential light on the influential position of the
German media in the mid-twentieth century and raises questions
about modern journalism that remain topical today.
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