John Connelly
University of California
4 Papers
22 Citations
John Connelly is an academic researcher from University of California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nazi Germany & German. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Papers
Building the East German Myth: Historical Mythology and Youth Propaganda in the German Democratic Republic, 1945–1989 . By Alan L. Nothnagle. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. 1999. Pp. xiv + 208. $44.50. ISBN 0-472-10946-4.
TL;DR: In this paper, Nothnagle investigates historical myths, which he describes as events, processes, or persons from an earlier time, which transmit religious or ideological beliefs to a specified group in an easily comprehended, emotionally moving form.
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East German Higher Education Policies and Student Resistance, 1945–1948
TL;DR: In the early postwar years, students were more sensitive to the similarities between the old and new regimes and displayed stronger direct opposition to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the years from 1946-1949 than any other social group.
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Resisting the Third Reich: The Catholic Clergy in Hitler's Berlin
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the story of Berlin's Catholic Church during the Nazi era from the perspective of a deeply committed believer, and examine the assumptions behind debates on the churches in the Third Reich, in particular, what acts can be considered oppositional and what drove certain religious believers into resistance.
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