Germany's Post-1945 and Post-1989 Education Systems
The re-education of the German people overseen by the victorious allied powers, the inclusion of the causes and consequences of totalitarianism in school curricula and a comprehensive policy of ensuring that the Nazi period remained firmly in the German collective memory were the elements that forme...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
The World Bank
2010
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| Series: | World Development Report Background Papers
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The re-education of the German people overseen by the victorious allied powers, the inclusion of the causes and consequences of totalitarianism in school curricula and a comprehensive policy of ensuring that the Nazi period remained firmly in the German collective memory were the elements that formed the basis of a viable liberal-democratic post-war consensus in West Germany. Democratic opinions and values progressively took the place of the racist, chauvinistic ideology of the National Socialists, which had proclaimed the superiority of the 'master race' and ultimately led to the outbreak of the Second World War. The most extensive re-education measures were implemented under the American occupation. The Office of Military Government for Germany US (OMGUS) under the US zone's Military Governor General Lucius D. Clay allocated |
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