FRG culture

Question 1

what position did Germans want to regain after the war?

Answer 1

leader of European culture

Question 2

what was it easy to do in Germany regarding culture?

Answer 2

remove Nazi controls and reintroduce degenerate culture

Question 3

what was reintroduced alongside Allied-influenced newspapers?

Answer 3

free press

Question 4

what culture was it harder to retain?

Answer 4

Nazi accepted culture, such as music of Wagner
people preferred to accept Allied offerings

Question 5

what had a new influence on German culture?

Answer 5

Allied culture influenced German, people accepted new cultural offerings

Question 6

what drew in people of all ages, and didnt divide generations?

Answer 6

social movements - anti-nuclear, climate change, apartheid etc

Question 7

what did all generations share a desire for?

Answer 7

a peaceful and more equal society

Question 8

how did cinema divide generations?

Answer 8

initially homeland films were more popular, focusing on rural beautiful Germany with escapist romantic plots
young film makers developed new styles focusing on past of Germany and problems in FRG

Question 9

what was the New German Cinema, when was it set up?

Answer 9

cinema focusing on unassimilated past of Germany and social problems within FRG
1962

Question 10

how did Year zero cause generational tensions?

Answer 10

older generation wanted year zero, younger generation wanted to confront past

Question 11

what kind of culture did older people want?

Answer 11

traditional German culture with comfortable consumerist lifestyle

Question 12

what culture did younger people want?

Answer 12

less consumerist with a focus on facing both the present and immediate past

Question 13

what was US culture seen as undermining?

Answer 13

traditional German culture

Question 14

what did the expansion of consumerism and materialism provide people with, what did they erode?

Answer 14

common values, eroded old class divides

Question 15

what cultural commodities from the USA were accepted, what were they increasingly associated with?

Answer 15

blue jeans, chewing gum, rock and roll, coca-cola
associated with breakdown of deference to authority and youth rebellion

Question 16

what was the German Youth Ring?

Answer 16

umbrella organisation for all youth organisations, offered traditional German pastimes

Question 17

why is it wrong to assume that youth rebellion characterised the cultural views of all young people?

Answer 17

1968 polls showed that vast majority of youth held same values as their parents

Question 18

what kind of literature did most Germans read?

Answer 18

thrillers and romances that rarely questioned society, simply entertained

Question 19

how did cinema attendance fall?

Answer 19

817.5 million visits in 1956 to 172.2 million 1969

Question 20

what did cinema in the 80s aim to do?

Answer 20

cater for diminishing audiences, less innovative spirit

Question 21

what was cinema attendance in 1989?

Answer 21

101.6 million visits

Question 22

how was football used successfully in the FRG?

Answer 22

gave FRG sense of identity, team developed reputation for efficiency and team-work, win of world cup raised national pride

Question 23

what did freedom of speech and expression allow again?

Answer 23

criticisms and opposition to culture