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30 - History

University of Nottingham

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Output title

"Deutschland kann nur durch Deutschland gerettet werden": der Kampf um das nationale Erbe der Befreiungskriege am Berliner Dönhoffplatz im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert: research-article that provides further information for the Memorial-Plate on the Marion-Dönhoff-Platz in Berlin-Mitte

Type

U - Working paper

Platform

University of Nottingham eRepository

Year of publication

2011

URL

http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1438/

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

Yes

English abstract

The article analyses the controversial history of Dönhoff-Square from its inception in 1734 to its renaming into Marion-Countess-Dönhoff-Square in 2011. The article helped Berlin city council deliver consensus on the renaming of the Marion-Countess-Square in the historical centre of the German capital. The article rectified the widely shared hypothesis that the GDR did abandon the square’s name in 1974 because the Dönhoffs were “Junkers”. It shows that this was not the case and that the regime needed to appease the Soviet Union and wanted to cover up delays in the construction of surrounding buildings by staging a spectacular renaming ceremony.