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survivors of the Nazi persecutions). political conditions (i nduwng borderclosings) Rahillhach tPrinccton Universily). "The Wdgel also critiqued Canllh's selection of the impending cold-war. Origins of the Anti-Fascist Myth: TIle of on~ "primal sc~n~" from Torquato Thesecondspeaker.lsahd Hull (<strong>Cornell</strong> Broll'll Book:' placed the classic communist Tasso's epic Gl'rusalemme Liberata, which sh~ used in isolation to found h~r theory of trauma. W~igel argued that an expanded interpret:ltion includes other key, relevant scenes from the epic. and poims to a more prl"Ciseconceptualiz:ltion oflrauma, which is iliOn: consistent with Freudian formulations concerning uncanny returns of repressed knowledge. The discussion SCI.: tion addressed questions such as th~ rok of th~ taboo on ami <strong>University</strong>). presented herpapcr. "G~nocideandGerman Hislory.·· Hull aimed to demystify the Nazi-perpetrated genocide by returning it to a broader historical context intwosenscs: by restoring the genocide to its place in (I )the whokofthc Nazi n:volutionary program. and (~I a larger history (dating back to 1870) of "final accoum ofthc Rekhstag Fire of Feb ruary. 1933. in its historical and discursive context, thus illuminating its role in creating and disseminating cOIllTllunist narratives of fascists and anti-fascists alike. ]11(' IJI'OI\'II Book's wide circulation no: suited in a significant propagation of the originary anti-fascist myth of th~ Nazi. whose bungl~d conspiracy to hum down Ihe R~ichstag for purpos~sof polilical terrorism and to blam~ the crime on the communists. reveals S~milism in general according 10 Ihe and on Nazi anti Semitic films in particularin post-'''5Gcrman culture. and the nature of Ihe influence of de Manian deconstruction on Bmll'll Book's 'narralive-the fundam..:ntal ineptilude. pathology.criminality. brutality. sexual degener.lcy(qua homosexuality). and morphinedriven contemporarytr.luma fanaticism. theory. Th~ anti-faselst hero Friday'sfin:ll panel. embodies Ih~ antithetical qualities of (/. /() r.j r\mYJII Rahill/wcll, Imhel Hufl. Alina Grossm(m. Dal'id Bmhrick "Hislorical Narraliv~s as Political Legitimation:' began with a paper by Alina Grossman (New York Univcrsity)cnlitkd "Narratives of Home and Displaccment: Jewsin Berlin 19"5 to 1948." Grossman chronicled th~ highly visible. vari~gat..:d. nuid. and active presenceofJews in occupied solutions:' a teml Hull used to d~scrihe the fundarn..:ntal relianc~ of various G..:rman institutions (military. govemmelll. bureaucratic. etc.) on vioknt. ~xtremist practices rather than political or legal Iegitimacy to institute their agendas. Hull respectability. virility. and vinue. and effectively dispels the previous image of Ihe communist as a clandesline. conspiratorial Bolsh~vist. ddeat~d and disenfranchised by the Nazi seizure of power. Rabinbach concluded that while The Broll'll Book contribuled B..:rJin wtlO.~": "retum" was fueled by argued that conventional hi.~tnri()gr.lphi significantly to one of th..: earli~sl and the chaos and massive upheaval of the immediatepostwarpcriod. Grossmancit
ness and license 10 employ "final solutions": mythical fantasy space thaI camc tosymbolize Lilly - and fi 1m itself-prdcrsto avoid. and the effect ofThe 81"011'11 Book on the Nazi propaganda dfort. "power. pornography, and mad ness." What is alanning aboul lhe contemporary fascination and acslhetization Each momenl of "polenlial critical dislance is covered into [... 1a momcm of 'kitsch.' senlimenlality. For Lilly, Felice wra KdillgoJ i.f (l grwilllll" .511Il!
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