E-Book, Englisch, Band 23, 235 Seiten
Reihe: Zeitgeschichte im Kontext
Rathkolb / Meisinger Controlled Freedom
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-8470-1852-0
Verlag: V&R Unipress
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Allied Cultural Policy in Vienna, 1945-1955
E-Book, Englisch, Band 23, 235 Seiten
Reihe: Zeitgeschichte im Kontext
ISBN: 978-3-8470-1852-0
Verlag: V&R Unipress
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection
Following liberation in April 1945, Vienna was characterized by destruction, cold, hunger, and an acute housing shortage. Yet cultural life soon returned: as early as 27 April, Soviet officers ordered its revival. It was not long until the other Allies - France, Britain, and the USA - launched their own cultural campaigns. The many cultural activities under Allied occupation were intended not only to underpin economic and political rebuilding, but also to promote an Austrian national consciousness - a separate self-image independent from Germany. This volume is the first to show the impact of Allied cultural policy in the fields of fine art, film, literature and libraries, music and theatre, press photography, print media, radio, and sport, thereby documenting an achievement that can still be felt today: the creation of a democratic Austrian identity.