CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Hortenstine, Brooklyn Paige |
|---|---|
| Title | Nichts ueber uns ohne uns!: Inclusion and Exclusion of People with Disabilities in Post-War Germany, 1945-1989 |
| Summary | This thesis explores aspects of inclusion and exclusion of People with Disabilities in post-war Germany from the end of the Second World War until reunification in 1989. It examines the disability politics of West Germany and East Germany in a comparative fashion, and through doing so finds a blatant disregard for the well-being of people with disabilities on both sides that serves as a continuation of both pre-war and war-time values. Additionally, it is clear that the policies affecting disabled people play a part in Cold War discourse and are used as a means to an end either in favor of democracy or communism. Provisions that are made are not necessarily made for the good of the vulnerable but for the advancement of national identity. This project ultimately finds that full inclusion is oftentimes lacking, due to a combination of indifference or lack of resources. The developments made are hardly stable or consistent and eventually come to amount to very little amid the reunification of Germany. |
| Supervisor | Lafferton, Emese |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/hortenstine_brooklyn.pdf |
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