Kultur 11

For once our kultur readings have a common theme! Sadly, it's of divide and hardships throughout the 20th century.
I was certainly familiar with the cultural divides between the North and South, and the East and the West of Germany, but I supposed I never thought of them collectively. And reading about these strifes between regions, it seems unfortunate and excessive, but I suppose when one thinks about the US, we have the same sort of regional and cultural divides. However, I certainly wouldn't wish to have a dividing wall rebuilt.
The numbers of those that supported the Berlin wall kind of surprised me, 1 in 5 is quite high. But, I was happy to read about the Ostalgie, and that some remnants of the old East Germany remained.

The remaining readings were also quite interesting, but sad none-the-less. Germany has clearly had a rocky history, from wars, to bombings, to natural disasters, to economic hardships - rough, but and interestingly tragic recent history.