Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory

Angela Merkel’s decision to unreservedly open her country’s borders in 2015 to hundreds of thousands of refugees represents one of the most significant events in the history of Germany in the 20th century. Both the Chancellor’s determination and the attitude expressed by the majority of the citizens...

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Martín Martín, Juan Manuel
Domínguez Macías, Leopoldo
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2022
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Germany
refugee crisis
humanitarianism
cultural memory
past traumas
Alemania
crisis de refugiados
humanitarismo
memoria cultural
traumas del pasado
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spelling Universidad de SalamancaUniversidad de SevillaMartín Martín, Juan ManuelDomínguez Macías, Leopoldo20222024-02-16T20:20:14Z20222024-02-16T20:20:14Z1794-58872539-1206https://hdl.handle.net/10784/3332910.17230/co-herencia.19.36.5Angela Merkel’s decision to unreservedly open her country’s borders in 2015 to hundreds of thousands of refugees represents one of the most significant events in the history of Germany in the 20th century. Both the Chancellor’s determination and the attitude expressed by the majority of the citizens must be interpreted in the context of a history characterized both by the suffering inflicted by Germans and by their own suffering as a result of the war conflicts in which they were involved. In this respect, German humanitarianism after 1990 owes, in part, a debt to the past: either as restitution for the harm done or as a reminder of the pain suffered. For decades, fields as diverse as political discourse and literature contributed to shaping a cultural memory that focused on 20th century trauma and on national responsibilities that had not yet been fulfilled.La decisión de Angela Merkel de abrir sin reservas las fronteras de su país en 2015 a cientos de miles de refugiados representa uno de los acontecimientos más relevantes de la historia de Alemania en el siglo xxi. Tanto la determinación de la canciller como la actitud manifestada por la mayoría de los ciudadanos han de ser interpretadas en el contexto de una historia caracterizada tanto por el sufrimiento infligido por Alemania como por el sufrimiento propio derivado de los conflictos bélicos en los que se vieron inmersos. A este respecto, el humanitarismo alemán posterior a 1990 se debe en parte a una deuda con el pasado: bien como restitución del daño causado, bien como recordatorio del dolor sufrido. Ámbitos tan diversos como el discurso político o la literatura contribuyeron durante décadas a conformar una memoria cultural que prestaba especial atención al traumático siglo xx y a las responsabilidades nacionales que aún no habían prescrito.application/pdfspaUniversidad EAFIThttps://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/co-herencia/article/view/7047https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/co-herencia/article/view/7047Copyright © 2022 Juan Manuel Martín Martín, Leopoldo Domínguez MacíasopenAccessLibre accesohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Co-herencia, Vol. 19, Núm. 36 (2022)Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic MemoryHumanitarismo como deuda: Alemania y su memoria traumáticaarticleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepublishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1Germanyrefugee crisishumanitarianismcultural memorypast traumasAlemaniacrisis de refugiadoshumanitarismomemoria culturaltraumas del pasadoCo-herencia1936131160ORIGINALhumanitarismo-como-deuda.pdfTexto completoapplication/pdf374305https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/0d735aaa-7893-4541-ae0b-f19992153541/downloadbf84f4aa253895eb517ae6283f222afcMD51THUMBNAILminiatura-coherencia[536].jpgCarátulaimage/jpeg230829https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/a3608e46-227b-414b-81a7-1488135a1d1e/download6c3e6ec217fd7c11f79cdda26d9319a2MD5210784/33329oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/333292024-02-16 16:36:55.134open.accesshttps://repository.eafit.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad EAFITrepositorio@eafit.edu.co
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Humanitarismo como deuda: Alemania y su memoria traumática
title Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory
spellingShingle Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory
Germany
refugee crisis
humanitarianism
cultural memory
past traumas
Alemania
crisis de refugiados
humanitarismo
memoria cultural
traumas del pasado
title_short Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory
title_full Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory
title_fullStr Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory
title_full_unstemmed Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory
title_sort Humanitarianism as debt: Germany and its Traumatic Memory
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Martín Martín, Juan Manuel
Domínguez Macías, Leopoldo
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Martín Martín, Juan Manuel
Domínguez Macías, Leopoldo
dc.contributor.spa.fl_str_mv Universidad de Salamanca
Universidad de Sevilla
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Germany
refugee crisis
humanitarianism
cultural memory
past traumas
topic Germany
refugee crisis
humanitarianism
cultural memory
past traumas
Alemania
crisis de refugiados
humanitarismo
memoria cultural
traumas del pasado
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crisis de refugiados
humanitarismo
memoria cultural
traumas del pasado
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