TY  - GEN
A1  - Scianna, Bastian Matteo
T1  - A predisposition to brutality?
BT  - german practices against civilians and francs-tireurs during the Franco-Prussian war 1870–1871 and their relevance for the German ‘military Sonderweg’ debate
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Philosophische Reihe
N2  - The German Sonderweg thesis has been discarded in most research fields. Yet in regards to the military, things differ: all conflicts before the Second World War are interpreted as prelude to the war of extermination between 1939–1945. This article specifically looks at the Franco-Prussian War 1870–71 and German behaviour vis-à-vis regular combatants, civilians and irregular guerrilla fighters, the so-called francs-tireurs. The author argues that the counter-measures were not exceptional for nineteenth century warfare and also shows how selective reading of the existing secondary literature has distorted our view on the war.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe - 165 
KW  - francs-tireurs
KW  - levee en masse
KW  - myth of Franktireurkrieg
KW  - Franco-Prussian War
KW  - Geneva convention of 1864
KW  - Landwehr
KW  - siege of Paris 1870
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-434218
SN  - 1866-8380
IS  - 165
SP  - 968
EP  - 993
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Kay, Alex James
T1  - Speaking the unspeakable
BT  - the portrayal of the Wannsee Conference in the film Conspiracy
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Philosophische Reihe
N2  - This article discusses the filmic representation of the infamous Wannsee Conference, when fifteen senior German officials met at a villa on the shore of a Berlin lake to discuss and co-ordinate the implementation of the so-called final solution to the Jewish question. The understanding reached during the course of the ninety-minute meeting cleared the way for the Europe-wide killing of six million Jews. The article sets out to answer the principal challenge facing anyone attempting to recreate the Wannsee Conference on film: what was the atmosphere of this conference and the attitude of the participants? Moreover, it discusses various ethical aspects related to the portrayal of evil, not in actions but in words, using the medium of film. In doing so, it focuses on the BBC/HBO television film Conspiracy (2001), directed by Frank Pierson, probing its historical accuracy and discussing its artistic credibility.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe - 162 
KW  - Nazi Germany
KW  - Wannsee conference
KW  - Jewish question
KW  - Holocaust
KW  - film
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-434230
SN  - 1866-8380
IS  - 162
ER  -