AUC Studia Territorialia (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Studia Territorialia) is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on Area Studies. It covers political, economic, social, and cultural affairs of North America, Europe, and post-Soviet Eurasia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The journal was founded in 2001; currently, it appears biannually, both electronically and in print. It publishes original scholarly articles, book reviews, conference reports and research notes. The journal is a publication of the Institute of International Studies at Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences.
AUC STUDIA TERRITORIALIA, Vol 14 No 3 (2014), 47–84
Co zbylo z „napadených“ tradic? Spolek bývalých horských myslivců a jeho péče o tradiční vojenské hodnoty v SRN po zhroucení mýtu o „čistém wehrmachtu“
[What Has Remained of the Traditions under Attack? The Association of Mountain Troops’ Veterans and its Attitudes to Traditional Military Virtues in Germany after the Debunking of the Myth of the “Clean Wehrmacht”]
Soňa Mikulová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23363231.2015.76
published online: 20. 07. 2015
abstract
This paper examines how the Kameradenkreis der Gebirgstruppe (Mountain Troops Association), one of the last significant German associations of World War II veterans, has dealt with the war crimes perpetrated by the Nazi Wehrmacht. It focuses on the reaction of the Kameradenkreis to a protest campaign organized by antifascist groups and various civic initiatives in Mittenwald, Bavaria, from 2002 to 2009. One of the main aims of the protesters was to disrupt traditional meetings of the former as well as active soldiers to commemorate fallen “comrades” at the Mountain Troops’ Memorial near Mittenwald. The meetings were seen as a symbol of the surviving “tradition of perpetrators.” The study analyzes how the leaders of the Kameradenkreis have changed their attitudes towards the Wehrmacht war crimes.
keywords: Germany; military traditions; veteran culture; antifascist movements; war crimes; wehrmacht; mountain troops association
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ISSN: 1213-4449
E-ISSN: 2336-3231
