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3 unusual facts about denazification


Denazification

The publication Der Ruf (The Call) was a popular literary magazine first published in 1945 by Alfred Andersch and edited by Hans Werner Richter.

A number of films showing the concentration camps were made and screened to the German public, such as Die Todesmühlen, released in the U.S. zone in January 1946, and Welt im Film No. 5 in June 1945.

These statements earned the nickname of Persilscheine, after advertisements for the laundry and whitening detergent Persil.


Alphons Barb

During his time at the University, Barb was selected to work on archaeological digs by Adolf Mahr in support of whom he gave testimony after the war during the latter's denazification process.

Eugen Klöpfer

After a denazification trial, he was exonerated from the charge of complicity in the death of Joachim Gottschalk.

Gerdy Troost

During denazification she was classified as "less responsible" (Minderbelastete) by the Hauptspruchkammer and sentenced to a fine of 500 DM and a 10 year Berufsverbot.

James T. Hong

His films and videos include Behold the Asian: How One Becomes What One Is, Condor: A Film from California, The Form of the Good, Taipei 101: A Travelogue of Symptoms, The Spear of Destiny, Suprematist Kapital, and The Denazification of MH about Martin Heidegger, which is analyzed in the journal Film-Philosophy.

Johannes Agnoli

In the re-educational classes, he aided in the philosophy course using Wilhelm Windelband's History of Philosophy thus also learning German.

Martin Heidegger and Nazism

During the hearings of the Denazification Committee, Hannah Arendt, Heidegger's former student and lover, who was Jewish, spoke on his behalf.


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