Question for Class about Germany

Did the German people know what was happening with the Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany?

the RAF

According to Wikipedia, the RAF (Rote Armee Faktion)  described itself as a communist and anti-imperialist "urban guerrilla" group engaged in armed resistance against what they deemed to be a fascist state.  There were three generations of RAF members.  the first generation of members were the original founders.  Then when those members got in trouble or thrown into jail, the second generation started up and would try to get them out of jail.  The next generation, the third, would do the same as the previous generation, but this third generation also ended the group on April 20th, 1998.  They ended the violence by typing an 8 page letter and faxed it to the Reuters News Agency, according to Wikipedia.  The letter was signed "RAF" with the logo of the group.  The letter confirmed the the group had broken apart and dissolved.   I feel like the RAF did a lot of violence for political reasons.  I feel like the terrorists that we hear about today are doing it against people that they don't like, not so much on a political level.  I could be very wrong about this but I just feel that groups of people are doing it to each other just out of hate.

Red Army Faction- Wikipedia
RAF Picture

Baader-Meinhof Complex

The movie we watched on Monday was... interesting.  There were some things that I didn't really like about the movie.  There were so many characters to keep up with and I never knew who was who and who was doing what.  I really like that we got to watch the movie in German.  I really like being able to watch the movie in the language it was produced.  It made me feel like the movie was more unique than the movies we are all used to watching here.  I understand that the movie had a lot of characters and that they were all demonstrating for the same cause but I just found it very confusing.  The movie had a lot of unique situation and scenes.  One of my favorite scenes was when they left the country to train.  I think it was funny how they were naked on the roof and all the men were staring at them.  The movie was informational, never boring and kept my attention.  It was a very long movie, but by the time I looked at the clock, it was already 7 and I was still hooked.  I think it was a great idea to show this movie to the class.  I think when most people think about terrorists and violence, they think of the middle east, which is sad but true.  I'm glad that we got the opportunity to see how violence around the world is different and how it has changed from over the years.  Overall, I enjoyed the movie and would definetly watch it again.

18th Century Inventions, non-violent

Alcohol Thermometer- 1709

• Earliest 
• Efficient
• Less toxic than Mercury, but evaporates fairly quick

Mercury Thermometer- 1714

•  Easier to read
• More modern
• Still used today

Both thermometers were invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Celsius was developed in 1742.  The founder of Celsius was Anders Celsius.

Alcohol Thermometer
Alcohol Thermometer Photo
Mercury Thermometer
Mercury Thermometer Photo
 Celsius
 

German Art in the 18th Century

The Baroque Period

Paintings:

• Dynamic movement
• Overt emotion
• Self confident characters
• Encouraged by the roman catholic church

Sculptures:

• Spiraled around an empty vortex
• Reached outwards into surrounding space
• Had multiple ideal viewing points
• Added extra sculptural elements

The Rococo Period:

•  A decorating style
• The room was the artwork, not just something hanging on a wall

 Neoclassicism:

Paintings:

• Sharp Lines
• Sharp Color

Baroque Source
Bernini Sculpture
 German Art Baroque
Rococo
 Rococo Room
Guy getting clubbed
neoclassicism
 Neoclassicism

Rulers and Government in the 18th Century. America vs. France

During the 18th century, America was still fighting for its independence from Great Britain.  The 13 original colonies were founded, businesses and the population were starting to increase. It wasn't until 1776 that America was independent and free of British control. The American Revolution lasted from 1775-1781.  This was during the time of the Enlightenment.  George Washington is elected in 1789 and remains president until 1797.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century#World_leaders.2C_politicians.2C_military 

Anna Louisa Karsch

Anna Louisa Karsch (Anna Luise Karsch) – 1 December, 1722 to 12 October, 1791

·         Father was a beer brewer, mother was an inn-keeper; very poor

·         She was an autodidact, meaning she taught herself.

·         Sent to live with her great-uncle, who taught her to read despite protests of her grandmother

·         Mother took her home to hinder to education, convinced it would drive her “insane”

·         When she was 10, she met a sheepherder who gave her books to read, but she had to hide them from her family

·         Married young but her husband was abusive; separated and married again soon after, to an abusive drunkard

·         A poem written for the widow and daughter of a nearby innkeeper got her recognition from a schoolmaster

·         Began to write poems for weddings and celebrations

·         Wrote many praises of Frederick, the Prussian King

·         When her two youngest children died, she wrote “Klagen einer Witwe” (Complaints of a Widow), which gained her the notice of Frederick, who took her and her children to Berlin

·         Most known for her correspondences rather than her poems, especially with Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (30 years longs correspondence)

·         Gained attention from writers such as Lessing, Mendelssohn, Herder, and eventually Goethe

·         Though promised financial security by Frederick, he did not deliver, and it was not until Frederick II that she had a house built for her where she lived till she died

·         Known to her contemporaries as “Die Karschin”

·         Authored or participated in 14 publications

o   Die Sapphischen Lieder (The Sapphic Songs)

o   An die Natur (To Nature)

o   Gedichte (Poems)

o   Neue Gedichte (New Poems)

o   Auserlesene Gedichte (Exquisite Poetry)

o   Gedichte und Lebenszeugnisse (Poems and Life Testimonies)

o   Die Letzten Leiden des Erlösers (The Last Sufferings of the Redeemer)

o   O, mir entwischt nicht, was die Menschen fühlen (Oh, I don’t escape what people feel)

o   Herzgedanken (Heart Thoughts)

o   Die Karschin (The Karschin)

o   Die Gedichte der Anna Luise Karschin mit e. Bericht ihres Lebens (The Poems of Anna Louisa Karsch with a report of her life)

o   Die Karschin, Friedrichs des Grossen Volksdichterin (The Karschin, Frederick the Great’s People’s Poet)

o   Die Spazier-Gänge von Berlin (The Walking Course of Berlin)

o   Ausgewählte Gedichte (Selected Poems)

http://sophie.byu.edu/literature/index.php?p=author.php&authorid=66

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