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Die Geschichte der in Deutschland stationierten, afroamerikanischen Soldaten ist bislang wenig beachtet worden. Maria Höhn und Martin Klimke zeichnen nach, wie sich das Land im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts als wichtiger Bezugspunkt im afroamerikanischen Kampf um die Gleichberechtigung und zur Beendigung der Segregation in den USA herausbildete.Von den beiden Weltkriegen und der Besatzungszeit bis in die späten 1970er Jahre schildern sie die Proteste in den US-Militärbasen und Garnisonsstädten in der Bundesrepublik, den Besuch von Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Berlin 1964, die Allianz der Studentenbewegung mit der Black-Power- und GI-Bewegung sowie die Angela-Davis-Solidaritätskampagnen in Ost- und Westdeutschland.

With the outbreak of the Korean War, the West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate became home to some of the largest American military installations outside the USA. This book explores the social, cultural and economic changes that resulted from this German-American encounter.

This special edition ofCentral European Historyis concerned with how America viewed Germany, and my contribution focuses on how, beginning with Hitler's rise to power, Germany became a point of reference for the emerging American civil-rights movement. By looking atCrisis, published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), andOpportunity, published by the National Urban League, as well as African-American newspapers, such as thePittsburgh Courier,Chicago Defender,Amsterdam News, Afro-American, Negro Digest,Ebony, andJet, I will show how the black community discussed developments in Germany, America's struggle against Nazi racism, and the black soldiers' experience in postwar Germany.

Scholars in both the US and Germany have studied the American occupation of Germany extensively. Until recently, however, much of that work focused on the emerging Cold War rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union to explain the rapid shift from an occupation intended to punish the Germans to one that increasingly included West Germans as partners and allies. While not dismissing the importance of the Cold War struggle in shaping US foreign policy, John Willoughby suggests that a more comprehensive understanding of how American power was projected during the Cold War is only possible if attention is shifted from the policy makers in Washington to the players on the ground. By exploring how the American military government dealt with the chaotic social and economic conditions within Germany, the widespread disciplinary problems of American GIs, and the pervasive racism within the military, Willoughby makes a compelling argument that US foreign policy and the "institutions of occupation" were transformed by the "more mundane problems of social control and organizational capability" (3). The American objectives in Germany changed, not because of the Cold War, but because financial pressures, personnel shortages, and economic disarray forced military authorities to hand over power to the Germans much sooner than envisioned by Washington. While Willoughby—by his own admission—does not provide new material to the professional historian of the era, his book nonetheless offers a fresh interpretation that draws on social and cultural history while also paying attention to race and gender.

Defeatafter the Second World War was complete for Germany, and life for the civilian population was grim. In one of Erich Kästner's poems, read at a 1947 theater production, a war widow laments that "ganz Deutschland ist ein Wartesaal mit Millionen von Frauen." Indeed, in 1945 there were approximately seven million more women in Germany than men. More than three million German soldiers were killed in the war. Seven million German soldiers were still prisoners of war, leaving their wives and families to fend for themselves in the rubble heaps of the German cities. Adding to the hardship of the rural areas were the twelve million refugees who had been expelled from the territories conquered by the Soviet army and then had streamed into the American and British zones of occupation to resettle. Defeated Germany was split into four zones of occupation ruled by military governments. German men who had been promised the conquest of the world returned from the war and found their treasured patriarchy undermined in the home and in the state.

Introduction: the politics of gender, sexuality, race, and class in the U.S. military empire / Maria Höhn and Seungsook Moon -- Regulating desire, managing the empire: U.S. military prostitution in South Korea, 1945-1970 / Seungsook Moon -- "Pan-Pan girls" performing and resisting neocolonialism(s) in the Pacific Theater: U.S. military prostitution in occupied Japan, 1945-1952 / Michiko Takeuchi -- "You can't pin sergeant's stripes on an archangel" : soldiering, sexuality, and U.S. Army policies in Germany / Maria H[MARC+95]hn -- U.S. military families abroad in the post-Cold War era and the "new global posture" / Donna Alvah -- Crossfire couples : marginality and agency among Okinawan women in relationships with U.S. military men / Chris Ames -- Hidden soldiers : working for the "national defense" / Robin Riley -- In the U.S. army but not quite of it : contesting the imperial power in a discourse of KATUSAs / Seungsook Moon -- "The American soldier dances, the German soldier marches" : the transformation of Germans' views on GIs, masculinity, and militarism / Maria Höhn -- In the middle of the road I stand transfixed / Christopher Nelson -- The racial crisis of 1970-1971 in the U.S. military : finding solutions in West Germany and South Korea / Maria Höhn -- Camptown prostitution and the imperial sofa : abuse and violence against transnational Camptown women in South Korea / Seungsook Moon -- Abu Ghraib : a predictable tragedy? / Jeff Bennett -- Conclusion: the empire at the crossroad? / Maria Höhn and Seungsook Moon

1. If Not Now, When? -- 2. A Developing Community of Collaboration in Indiana -- 3. Learning Together: Exploring Visual and Textual Narration with Students Affected by Forced Migration -- 4. Global Cultural Exchange, Women's Leadership, and Advocacy: Connecting the Hudson Valley and the Gaza Strip through WhatsApp -- 5. Refugees and Forced Migration: An Engaged Humanities Course in French and Francophone Studies -- 6. Education Can't Wait for LGBTQ Refugees? Exploring Inclusion and Access to Higher Education in Kakuma Refugee Camp -- 7. Migration, Death, and Disappearance: Education and Engagement in Tuscon, Arizona -- 8. Teaching Undergraduate Forced Migration Studies through a Community-based Law and Policy Clinic during COVID: What are the crises and opportunities? -- 9. Court Interpretation, or Ganas Goes Legit -- 10. Searching for Safety and Researching for Justice: Documenting Migrant Experiences in the Paso del Norte Border Region -- 11. What Can Architectural Education Do? From a Design-Oriented Approach toward a Research-Oriented Approach and Politically Informed Spatial Practice in the Refugee Context -- 12. The Archaeology of Forced Migration in Greece: A Layered Pedagogy -- 13. Teaching Forced Displacement with Geospatial Technology in Refugee Camps: Lessons from Rwanda and Jordon -- 14. On the Pedagogical Value of Not Going There: Mobility, Fossil Fuel Consumption, and the Production of Refugees -- 15. Teaching Tragedy: Toward a Pedagogy of Accountability - The Every Campus A Refuge Model -- 16. The Power of Participatory and Immersive Filmmaking -- 17. Finding Place: Strengthening Pedagogical Practices on Forced Migration through Interpersonal Understanding in Higher Education -- 18. Climate Change, Human Displacement, and STEM Education: Toward a More Transdisciplinary and Inclusive Culture of Science -- 19. Reading Eveline in Jakarta: Community Learning with Hazara Refugees -- 20. Place-Conscious Education: Teaching Displacement Using Oral Histories in Virtual Reality -- 21. Learning at the Borders: How an Experimental Learning Course in Bern, Switzerland Transformed Undergraduate Learning about Memory, Mental Health and Displacement -- 22. Rebuilding After War and Genocide: Learning with and From Refugees in the Transnational Digital Classroom -- 23. Small Things.

This open access book is a nuanced introduction to Forced Migration Studies and a toolkit for faculty and undergraduate students, with a special emphasis on community-engaged learning. Experts from the social sciences, humanities, arts, and experimental sciences offer interdisciplinary perspectives to translate critical analysis into concrete action. The collection highlights activists, artists, and educators who have initiated projects in cooperation with and for the benefit of populations affected by migration and displacement. Together, these contributions powerfully articulate the relevance of the liberal arts and social sciences in preparing students to meet increasingly interconnected global challenges such as forced migration, climate change, and Covid-19.

Jarausch, K. H.: 1945 and the continuities of German history: refelctions on memory, historiography, and politics. - S.9-24. Mitchell, M. D.: Stunde Null in German politics? Confessional culture, Realpolitik, and the organization of Christian democracy. - S.25-38. Gerhardt, U.: American sociology and German re-education after Word War II. - S.39-58. Brockmann, S.: German literature, year zero: writers and politics, 1945-1953. - S.59-74. Höhn, M.: Stunde Null der Frauen? Renegotiating women's place in postwar West Germany. - S.75-87. Diefendorf, J. M.: The new city: German urban planning and the zero hour. - S.89-103. Boehling, R.: Stunde Null at the ground level: 1945 as a social and political Ausgangspunkt in three cities in the U.S. zone of occupation. - S.105-128

A captivating time, the 60s and 70s now draw more attention than ever. The first substantial work by historians has appeared only in the last few years, and this volume offers an important contribution. These meticulously researched essays offer new perspectives on the Cold War and global relations in the 1960s and 70s through the perspective of the youth movements that shook the U.S., Western Europe, and beyond. These movements led to the transformation of diplomatic relations and domestic political cultures, as well as ideas about democracy and who best understood and promoted it. Bringing together scholars of several countries and many disciplines, this volume also uniquely features the reflections of former activists