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In spite of the prevailing myth, neither the political self-conception of West Berlin that emerged soon after the war nor the city’s international image were mere by-products of the Cold War. They resulted, rather, from a binational campaign that was based on strategic considerations. Returned Social Democratic émigrés, sympathetic American officials, and certain journalists convinced the German and the American public of West Berlin’s heroic defence of democratic ideals with remarkable speed and success. They could rely on both tangible and intangible resources for their campaign of erecting an ›Outpost of Freedom‹ in what was left of the former Reichshauptstadt. While the heady Weimar days of pre-war Berlin provided countless images that appeared to authenticate this new narrative, the transatlantic network was also able to draw on considerable financial resources and media outlets to promote it. This article seeks to outline the historical actors behind the project and the narratives on which they drew.
Brasiliens Moderne 1940-1964
(2014)
Seit dem 27. September 2013 ist im Berliner Museum für Fotografie die Ausstellung Brasiliens Moderne 1940–1964 mit Arbeiten der Fotografen José Medeiros, Thomaz Farkas, Marcel Gautherot und Hans Gunter Flieg zu sehen. Nun ist, etwas verspätet, auch der von Ludger Derenthal und Samuel Titan Jr. herausgegebene Katalog zur Ausstellung im Bielefelder Kerber-Verlag erschienen. Der Band dokumentiert einen Teil der in der Ausstellung gezeigten Fotografien, ergänzt durch einen einleitenden Beitrag, vier werkbiografische Texte über die vorgestellten Fotografen und einen Katalogteil.