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The impact of 1968
The year 1968 has become a point of reference in many countries. Did it have a positive or a negative impact on these societies?
Open Democracy - United Kingdom | Friday, 1. February 2008
Neal Ascherson on how the spark of 1968 first ignited in Warsaw
Journalist and writer Neal Ascherson points out that "the first student uprising in 1968, year of millennial hopes and young insurrections, took place in Warsaw. ... » more
Poland
Die Welt - Germany | Tuesday, 11. March 2008
Jan Skórzynski on the realism of the 1968 generation
The 1968 movements in Western and Eastern Europe had little in common, Polish journalist Jan Skórzynski writes in an essay: "Unlike in the West, in ... » more
Dziennik - Poland | Saturday, 8. March 2008
Paweł Machcewicz on the Polish anti-Semitism of 1968
Last weekend, Polish President Lech Kaczyński described the expatriation and deportation of around 15,000 Polish Jews 40 years ago as "shameful". Talking to Cezary Michalski, ... » more
Dziennik - Poland | Thursday, 28. February 2008
Polish Jews demand apology for events of March 1968
In March 1968, up to 15,000 Polish Jews were deprived of their citizenship by the communist regime and forced to emigrate. Since October, the head ... » more
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany | Friday, 15. February 2008
Karol Sauerland on Polish anti-Semitism in 1968
Karol Sauerland recalls how the regime in Poland responded to student protests in 1968 by trying to whip up anti-Semitism. "Almost all Polish Jews who ... » more
Czech Republic and Slovakia
El País - Spain | Saturday, 15. March 2008
Monika Zgustova on the legacy of the Prague spring
The Czech writer and translator Monika Zgustova considers that the oppression of the Prague Spring by Soviet troops in 1968 sealed a divorce between the ... » more
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Friday, 29. February 2008
Irina Brezna on 1968 in Bratislava
Writer Irina Brezna witnessed the Prague Spring as an eighteen-year-old school girl in Bratislava. She recalls how President Antonín Novotný's rigid regime lost its influence: ... » more
Pravda - Slovakia | Tuesday, 16. October 2007
Criticism of Slovakia's history policy
The applications for erstwhile leading political figures to be proclaimed 'Father of the Nation' are piling up in the Slovak parliament. Among those who have ... » more
Sme - Slovakia | Thursday, 1. February 2007
Miroslav Kusy on Charter 77 and the Slovaks
The civil rights movement Charter 77 was mainly a Czech initiative, according to Slovak political scientist and former member of the movement Miroslav Kusy. He ... » more
Právo - Czech Republic | Thursday, 24. August 2006
Rudolf Kucera on the ideals of 1968
According to historian Rudolf Kucera, the current flood of observations about the brutal ending of the attempted reforms known as Prague Spring in 1968 are ... » more
France
die tageszeitung - Germany | Friday, 4. May 2007
A new political era in France?
Dorothea Hahn observes that the 1968 generation in France has never come to power. "Both nominees who will face the music on Sunday were school ... » more
Le Monde - France | Tuesday, 21. March 2006
Philippe Labbé and the utopia of the May 68 generation
"We are your children. Forty years ago, you set out to change the way we live, and then you adapted, undoubtedly with regret." Addressing the ... » more
Germany
Die Welt - Germany | Tuesday, 12. February 2008
Rolf Schneider on the East German 1968
Writer Rolf Schneider recalls how East Germans experienced the year 1968 quite differently from the West Germans. For GDR citizens it was above all the ... » more
Spain
El País - Spain | Friday, 25. May 2007
Josep Ramoneda on the burying of the May '68 legacy
The Spanish writer Josep Ramoneda considers the legacy of May 1968, which was very present in the French presidential election campaign. "In his election campaign, ... » more
Italy
La Stampa - Italy | Tuesday, 5. September 2006
Giovanni De Luna on the generation of 1968
During a speech delivered before members of his party, the French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy severely criticised the generation of 1968, who he ... » more
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