Lesung- Rückkehr nach Rottendorf
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Prof. Dr Clemens Tangerding reads from his book "Rückkehr nach Rottendorf" (Return to Rottendorf) In the book, he discusses the experiences he had as part of the project "Das Dritte Reich und wir" (The Third Reich and Us).
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Conflicts in small towns are different to those in talk shows or parliamentary debates. Instead of insisting on their own point of view, people in villages often understand much better how to let different experiences stand. Top politicians and journalists go their separate ways after debates and don't meet up the next evening for senior sports. Normal people do. Why should citizens constantly watch destructive debates on TV? What do they get out of it? Conversely, shouldn't politicians and media representatives learn from people in the countryside?
Clemens Tangerding explores this question using many concrete stories. The historian travelled through Germany for four years and got to know people who were still living at home. For a long time, he himself considered people who had not made the leap from their home village to be less intelligent and reflective. But now he got to know these people who had stayed behind differently and realised that bringing their narrow-minded father home for lunch every Sunday is just as valuable as deciding to break away from their narrow-minded father with the help of therapy. The only difference is that society is far more in favour of separating than staying. According to Tangerding, if there is a rift in our country, then this rift often runs through our families and sometimes through ourselves. The book is intended to encourage people to realise their own experiences and to look back at their own childhood or even travel there - each to their own personal Rottendorf.
Text from C. H. Beck publishing house