Aschaffenburg Talks

Aschaffenburg Talks was a panel discussion series on various topics of contemporary history that took place in Aschaffenburg from 1978 to 2008 .

history

Interview leader Guido Knopp

The Aschaffenburg Talks were initiated in 1978 by the historian Guido Knopp , who grew up in this city , and were organized and led until 2008. They were broadcast promptly on television (ZDF, Phoenix ). The preferred venue was the Aschaffenburg City Theater, to which the discussion leader Knopp invited historians, politicians and political scientists to discuss historical and controversial topics.

At the end of the 30th Aschaffenburg Talks on April 4, 2008, Guido Knopp said goodbye to his audience and announced that these were his last talks.

subjects

1978: Hitler today. Conversations about a German trauma 1979: German unity 1980: Germans and Jews 1981: Prussia today, role model or burden? 1982: We and the Soviet Union 1983: Do We Need America? 1984: News from the old - for and against Adenauer 1985: are we revanchists? 1986: Patriotism after Auschwitz? 1987: are we sovereign?

1988: the Russians and us 1989: Resettlers, foreigners, asylum seekers - Germans like us? 1990: One Germany 1991: Not afraid of Germany? 1992: The Future of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 1993: Yugo-Slavia 1993 1994: The Power of Spies 1995: Hitler and the Germans 1996: Hitler's willing helpers 1997: The Vatican - The Power of the Popes

1998: failed 1999: The miracle of Berlin 2000: Germany hastily fatherland 2001: The great escape 2002: The fight for the chancellery 2003: What to do with memories - the dispute over Germans as victims 2004: July 20th - Myth and Truth 2005: Ready for Europe? - Turkey and us 2006: Difficult Neighborhood? Germans and Poles 2007: The cross with the crescent moon - between dominant culture and multiculturalism 2008: The 68s - a curse or a blessing?

literature

• Guido Knopp (Ed.): Prussia today. Role model or burden? Aschaffenburg Talks 1981 . Pattloch Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-557-60004-1
• Siegfried Quandt : Historical Culture in Germany. The Aschaffenburg Talks. Econ Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-430-17666-2 .

Web links

• Partial transcription from 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.main-netz.de/nachrichten/kultur/kultur/art4214,2221163
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ http://www.info-aschaffenburg.de/68er_1.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.