Controlled Freedom
Allied Cultural Policy in Vienna, 1945–1955
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Beschreibung
The Allied cultural offensive in Vienna at the beginning of the Cold War
Following liberation in April 1945, Vienna was characterized by destruction, cold, hunger, and an acute housing shortage. Yet cultural life soon returned: as early as 27 April, Soviet officers ordered its revival. It was not long until the other Allies – France, Britain, and the USA – launched their own cultural campaigns. The many cultural activities under Allied occupation were intended not only to underpin economic and political rebuilding, but also to promote an Austrian national consciousness – a separate self-image independent from Germany. This volume is the first to show the impact of Allied cultural policy in the fields of fine art, film, literature and libraries, music and theatre, press photography, print media, radio, and sport, thereby documenting an achievement that can still be felt today: the creation of a democratic Austrian identity.
Autor*in
Thomas Angerer
Themen in »Controlled Freedom«
Allied Cultural Policy Vienna influences visual arts film literature libraries music theatre press photography print media radio sport denazification