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...lesson that the Western world has learned from the last half-century, it is that a failure to understand other cultures can be fatal. Still, Andelman succeeds in establishing that the implications of the 1919 peace treaty are much greater in scope than we tend to think. Germany??s were not the only delegates who left the negotiating table discontented, though their dissatisfaction was most immediately explosive. If we can take anything from Andelman’s account of what was an extraordinary crossroads in history, it is that diplomacy is a messy affair. The hope is that...
...their second play in two years, a production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” in the Loeb Ex. Salas: Sophomore fall, we co-directed “The White Rose” by Lillian Garrett-Groag—about German youth in Nazi Germany??and we’ve been working together artistically since. Mead: We share a similar artistic vision. With directing, there can’t be two different directions, but we do have two different perspectives, and that’s helpful, because whatever Rob doesn?...
...Similarly, Russia threatened an economically unstable Poland with de-stabilizing price hikes in the natural gas market. Poland’s neighbor and supposed European Union (EU) ally, Germany, hardly came to its rescue. Gerard Schroeder, then Germany??s chancellor, seemingly so idealistic in his opposition to the Iraq War and his shunning of George Bush, cultivated a close friendship with Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president. He never criticized Russia’s brutal suppression of Chechnya and even negotiated an agreement between Russia and Germany to build a natural gas pipeline that punitively bypasses Poland?...
...that the characters must make. For example, the cold, bland, dark colors of those characters loyal to the state are complemented by the warm, decorative, and vibrant surroundings of more liberal characters. The plot centers on the government of the GDR, a prevalent force in the lives of East Germany??s citizens through a vast system of spies and security controls. With the help of the Stasi secret police forces, the GDR monitors the country for potential disloyalty. “The Lives of Others” captures human compassion at its most sophisticated level, as Georg Dreyman...
...Consisting of only five pieces, “German Art of the 1980s,” now on view at the Busch-Reisinger Museum, provides a concentrated look at exactly what the title says it does. Likewise, Rosemarie Trockel’s “Made in Western Germany?? is aptly titled on several levels: quite literally made in Western Germany, the pea-green wool background of the piece is also broken up by row upon row of the title’s words...