The Question of German Guilt by Karl Jaspers, S.J. Joseph W. Koterski

The Question of German Guilt Karl Jaspers, S.J. Joseph W. Koterski ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN: 0823220680, 9780823220687
Page: 142

For the future lives of Soviet soldiers withdrawing from Germany, or raising the question of relative guilt and atonement in God's Cell – A Women's Prison (Gotteszell - Ein Frauengefaengnis, which premiered in the Berlinale Forum in 2001). Christian Buss, a culture editor for the magazine Spiegel, wrote in a review of the drama that while the question of Germans' collective guilt had been resolved, the role of individuals remained unclear. In place of the long postwar period of economic growth in Germany, known as the Wirtschaftswunder, which saw some 4.8 million foreign workers attracted to the country, the situation now is that nearly 2 million German workers seek . In this poll, 1000 representatively chosen Germans should answer the question, who was guilty for the German-Hungarian war of 1880. Instead of simplifying the question of German guilt, The Reader presents a narrative nearly as problematic as its subject matter. Sam Inayat-Chisti says: April 7, 2013 at 12:22 pm. Found in the chapter “The German Standard of Armament in the Year 1939″ in Udo Walendy, Truth for Germany: The Guilt Question of the Second World War (VIotho/Weser: Verlag für Volkstum und Zeitgeschichtsforschung, 1981). Identifying passivity before human tragedy as complicity, Jaspers coined the phrase 'metaphysical guilt': as fellow humans, we are obligated to intervene on behalf of others whatever the risk. This interesting paper published just after the war is quite fascinating in its insights into the question of German guilt. 3 Comments to “German Guilt”. I will comment more fully after i've fully read your piece. The results of this poll are as follows:”.