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"Man stellt Denkmaler nicht auf den flachen Asphalt" - Nationalism and Narrative in Commemorative "Siegfried" Monuments in Weimar- and Nazi Germany

Davis, Caleb Benjamin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1589252035505928

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2020, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Germanic Languages and Literatures.
The study of monuments has been a widely researched topic in the context of nineteenth-century German nationalism, as well its role in national remembrance. Monuments are physical representations of collective understandings of an event, person or cultural object. Oftentimes, these physical representations of the past are instituted by larger, governmental or national bodies and are guided through the use of narrative. This master thesis engages with nationalist narratives and the presentation of these narratives through physical space and commemoration; focusing on the narratives that guided much of Nazi-Germany's political development in the 1930s as well as the beginnings of these narratives in early Weimar-Germany. In particular, the myth of the Dolchstoss and its utilization to explain Germany's loss of World War I will be analyzed in connection with the portrayal of sacrificed and heroic soldiers through the mythic figure "Siegfried" in the form of commemorative monuments.
Anna A Grotans, Dr (Advisor)
Katra A Byram, Dr (Committee Member)
81 p.
Germanic Literature; Medieval Literature
Siegfried, Nibelungen, Nationalism, Germany, Monuments, Narrative

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  • Davis, C. B. (2020). "Man stellt Denkmaler nicht auf den flachen Asphalt" - Nationalism and Narrative in Commemorative "Siegfried" Monuments in Weimar- and Nazi Germany [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1589252035505928

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Davis, Caleb. "Man stellt Denkmaler nicht auf den flachen Asphalt" - Nationalism and Narrative in Commemorative "Siegfried" Monuments in Weimar- and Nazi Germany. 2020. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1589252035505928.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Davis, Caleb. ""Man stellt Denkmaler nicht auf den flachen Asphalt" - Nationalism and Narrative in Commemorative "Siegfried" Monuments in Weimar- and Nazi Germany." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1589252035505928

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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