In diesem Schwerpunktheft werden unterschiedliche Auswirkungen des nationalsozialistischen Terrorregimes in Österreich analysiert: Am Beispiel der „freiwilligen Entmannung“ von Homosexuellen wird die Verfolgung ebenso thematisiert wie die Nicht-Akzeptanz ihres Opferstatus bis 2005. Eine Analyse der Familientradierung der Erinnerung an den Nationalsozialismus in einem steirischen Dorf erschließt neue Zugänge zum komplexen „österreichischen Gedächtnis“. Die politische Reglementierung der Essgewohnheiten und die Implementierung von Ersatznahrungsmittelangeboten gegen Kriegsende erweitert und vertieft diesen Nationalsozialismus-Schwerpunkt.
NS-Herrschaft in Österreich
ARTIKEL Claudia Andrea Spring „… völlig unter dem Eindruck der Todesstrafe“: „Freiwillige Entmannung“ nach dem nationalsozialistischen Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses
Maria Froihofer Erinnerte und tradierte Geschichte. Die nationalsozialistische Vergangenheit im Gedächtnis der Generationen eines steirischen Dorfes
Fritz Keller Wie „ostmärkische Leckermäuler“ den Eintopf verdauen lernten
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REZENSION Stefan Eminger/Ernst Langthaler (Hrsg.), Sowjets – Schwarzmarkt – Staatsvertrag. Stichwörter zu Niederösterreich 1945–1955, St. Pölten–Wien– Linz 2005, 271 Seiten (Thomas Dostal)
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Claudia Andrea Spring
“… Entirely under the Impression of Capital Punishment”: “Voluntary Castration” and the Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring
In fear of being charged with capital punishment four men from Vienna, who were persecuted in 1944 for being homosexual, “chose” to apply for “voluntary castration”, which was legalized in the first amendment to the Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring. The article describes the legal, ideological, structural, and medical background of this momentous surgery as well as the denial of its survivors as victims of Nazi persecution in Austria until 2005.
Maria Froihofer Recalled History. How the Memory of National Socialism is Handed Down from One Generation to Another. The Case Study of a Styrian Village
The article deals with the issue of memories of different generations. The basic question is how people of a Styrian village called Fischbach remember National Socialism. It is discussed if and how these memories as well as the perception and interpretation of certain events change from generation to generation. This is viewed in the context of “Austrian memory”, i. e. the Austrian way of coming to terms with the past and the resulting Austrian conception of history. Because of this it is possible to remove the topic from its regional boundaries which means that it is able to demonstrate and reflect even far-reaching aspects.
Fritz Keller How even the Spoilt Viennese Learnt to Love the Hotchpotch Stew
For centuries Austrians and especially the citizens of Vienna were told to be gourmets. When Hitler’s troops entered the country the Nazi masters therefore had to solve a few special problems: How to persuade the new inhabitants of the Gau VII of the German Reich of the political necessity of collective stew-consuming? How to convince them of “Ersatz” being as delicious as original food?