How Art Resists

Barnstone, D; Otto, E

How Art Resists

Barnstone, D

Otto, E

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Publisher:: Bloomsbury Academic
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Citation:: Art and Resistance in Germany, 2019, pp. 1-32
Issue Date:: 2019

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dc.contributor.author	Barnstone, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2846-1226
dc.contributor.author	Otto, E
dc.contributor.editor	Barnstone, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2846-1226
dc.contributor.editor	Otto, E
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-04T07:03:09Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-04T07:03:09Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	Art and Resistance in Germany, 2019, pp. 1-32
dc.identifier.isbn	9781501344862
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/146776
dc.description.abstract	In November of 2014, 250 Neo-Nazi activists again converged on the tiny town of Wunsiedel, Bavaria, for their annual pilgrimage to the former burial place of the Nazi Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess. After years of anguish and ineffective attempts to stop the annual invasion, locals decided to meet this unwanted political agitation with creativity and humor. Their clever gambit was to initiate a clandestine walkathon, for which local individuals and businesses could “sponsor” one of the right- wing activists—without the invading marchers’ knowledge or consent—at ten Euros per kilometer. The Neo-Nazis unwittingly raised 10,000 Euros through participation in the event the villagers named “Rechts gegen Rechts” (Right against Right); all funds were donated to an organization that supports those seeking escape from such extremist groups. The organizers were able to transform the political march into a performance- art piece by meeting marchers with a set of banners with double meanings and puns like, “If Only the Führer Knew,” the name of a famous satirical novel about Adolf Hitler (Figure 1.1).
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Bloomsbury Academic
dc.relation.ispartof	Art and Resistance in Germany
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Visual Culture in German Contexts
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dc.title	How Art Resists
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.for	2103 Historical Studies
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Abstract:

In November of 2014, 250 Neo-Nazi activists again converged on the tiny town of Wunsiedel, Bavaria, for their annual pilgrimage to the former burial place of the Nazi Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess. After years of anguish and ineffective attempts to stop the annual invasion, locals decided to meet this unwanted political agitation with creativity and humor. Their clever gambit was to initiate a clandestine walkathon, for which local individuals and businesses could “sponsor” one of the right- wing activists—without the invading marchers’ knowledge or consent—at ten Euros per kilometer. The Neo-Nazis unwittingly raised 10,000 Euros through participation in the event the villagers named “Rechts gegen Rechts” (Right against Right); all funds were donated to an organization that supports those seeking escape from such extremist groups. The organizers were able to transform the political march into a performance- art piece by meeting marchers with a set of banners with double meanings and puns like, “If Only the Führer Knew,” the name of a famous satirical novel about Adolf Hitler (Figure 1.1).

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