Mythos und Identität: Der Wald und die Deutschen

In the organizer's words:

The instrumentalization of the forest for political purposes is a phenomenon that has recurred throughout German history. Since the Romantic period at the latest, and especially under National Socialism, "the German forest" has served as a subject to justify a supposedly inseparable connection between a "German landscape" and a "German national community" and has become a symbol of a racist, inhuman ideology. To this day, extreme right-wing groups refer to the forest to spread their ethnic ideas of love of the homeland, nationalism and the fight against the supposedly foreign. For example, the supposedly positive commitment to better nature conservation is used to "implant" ideological ideas - in the truest sense of the word - into society. The lecture provides an insight into German forest history and looks at the emergence of the "myth of the German forest" against the background of instrumentalization.

Speaker: Patrick Irmer

Location: Goethestraße 3-5, 1st floor, R. 1.25/26

Further information on the program of the lecture series and booking can be found on the website of the Scientific Continuing Education.

Price information:

Alternatively, tickets are available at the entrance.