The road less travelled...

I've just got back from the cinema. (For those of you not currently picking yourselves up off the floor, I go to the cinema about once in every blue moon, if that often.) If it helps, though, I went for a reason: last year a film version of the events of the Rosenstrasse was made, and I felt obliged to see it as a part of my research.

Interestingly, the only controversy about the whole event and the process of memorialisation that has followed it has been about this film. This is very unusual, as generally there is a great deal of argument about where the memorial should be located, what it should represent and who it should represent. There was nothing about that for the Rosenstrasse, which makes it particularly interesting. T

Forgive me, this will be a VERY long rant. Best avoided perhaps, unless you like to hear me rant.

( Here we go then... )

One interesting point about the day, though: there is a litfassaeule at either end ot the Rosenstrasse (ie. a tall thick column, usually used for advertising) which were erected about 10 years ago by a class of students in Berlin who were studying the protest. I was astonished, when I visited the street on Monday, to see that these were in perfect condition and free of graffiti. Not today. One was fine, but the other had a thick cut down it, and one of the informative paper sheets had been torn off. It will be interesting to see how long it takes before it is repaired.

Sorry, not much fun today. Tomorrow is my 'me' day (ie. I become a tourist, not a student) so I'll probably have fun stuff to tell you then.

I've just got back from the cinema. (For those of you not currently picking yourselves up off the floor, I go to the cinema about once in every blue moon, if that often.) If it helps, though, I went for a reason: last year a film version of the events of the Rosenstrasse was made, and I felt obliged to see it as a part of my research.

Interestingly, the only controversy about the whole event and the process of memorialisation that has followed it has been about this film. This is very unusual, as generally there is a great deal of argument about where the memorial should be located, what it should represent and who it should represent. There was nothing about that for the Rosenstrasse, which makes it particularly interesting. T

Forgive me, this will be a VERY long rant. Best avoided perhaps, unless you like to hear me rant.

( Here we go then... )

One interesting point about the day, though: there is a litfassaeule at either end ot the Rosenstrasse (ie. a tall thick column, usually used for advertising) which were erected about 10 years ago by a class of students in Berlin who were studying the protest. I was astonished, when I visited the street on Monday, to see that these were in perfect condition and free of graffiti. Not today. One was fine, but the other had a thick cut down it, and one of the informative paper sheets had been torn off. It will be interesting to see how long it takes before it is repaired.

Sorry, not much fun today. Tomorrow is my 'me' day (ie. I become a tourist, not a student) so I'll probably have fun stuff to tell you then.