The lives of Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945, artist and mother), Edith Stein (1891-1942, academic and Jewish convert to Christianity) and Sophie Scholl (1921-1943, student and Nazi resister) give us unique insights into the turbulent and sometimes surprising history of Germany, 1871-1945. This course will set their lives within that history and reflects on their ideas, their identities and the cultural context which saw the rise of Nazism. On completion of the course, participants will have a better understanding of modern German history and its cultural and social impact. They will also have had an opportunity to reflect on the ways in which this period of history has been remembered and memorialised over the years.
1: Germany 1871-1918 'Between Weimar and Potsdam',
2. Käthie Kollwitz 'I found these people beautiful',
3: Edith Stein 'Who am I?',
4: Sophie Scholl 'The land of poets and thinkers',
5: Germany 1945-1989 'The past is never dead…'.