THE BREAK-UP OF THE ANTI-HITLER MILITARY COALITION INTO “TWO CAMPS” AND GERMAN WRITERS: THE ROLE OF MELVIN LASKY IN POST-WAR BERLIN
The paper deals with the alienation of the former wartime allies from each other in the early post-war period with the example of the first (and last) All-German Writers‘ Congress in Berlin in October 1947. When Soviet representatives at the Congress condemned the West as reactionary and militaristi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Kemerovo State University
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета |
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| Online Access: | https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/1674 |
| Summary: | The paper deals with the alienation of the former wartime allies from each other in the early post-war period with the example of the first (and last) All-German Writers‘ Congress in Berlin in October 1947. When Soviet representatives at the Congress condemned the West as reactionary and militaristic and asked the German writers to take side with the Soviet ―Camp of Freedom‖, it was only Melvin Lasky who was ready to ―talk back‖. He criticized the Soviet government for harshly disciplining Soviet intellectuals who did not obey to Communist Party instructions under the auspices of the ―Zhdanovshchina‖. This dispute marked the growing distance between the former allies in public. Until then the allies had tried not to involve the Germans in their political differences and treat them as defeated and occupied enemies. Now both sides started to win the Germans over as future partners in the beginning Cold War. |
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| ISSN: | 2078-8975 2078-8983 |