Interview with Ernest Wichner

Glajar, Valentina; Brandt, Bettina

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“…Such is the case of Herta Mülle, an associate of the members of the Aktionsgruppe Banat, a group of ethnic German writers that included Richard Wagner, Ernest Wichner, William Totok, Johann Lippet, Gerhard Ortinau and Rolf Bossert. These writers did not directly criticise the regime and its practices, although the group posed serious difficulties for the regime due to its refusal to embrace the official ideology, its increasing visibility, its ‘ethno-cultural origin, its literary program and its left-oriented vision’ (Glajar and Brandt, 2013; Petrescu, 2015). The constant terror inflicted upon the group traumatised its members and even caused the death of some of them (Rolf Bossert and Roland Kirsch).…”

Section: Romanian Dissidence: Opposition Forms Of Non-compliance and ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Memorability of Romanian dissidence: Ordinary people, secret files and artistic remediations

Mitroiu,

Mironescu

2024

Journal of European Studies

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The article explores the conditions necessary for a narrative recounting of past events to become memorable and incorporated into collective memory. The analysis is focused on the role played by artistic remediations in creating such memorability. In Romania, as well as in other East Central European countries, the production of memorability and the management of the resulting collective memories are interlinked with the narratives of communism that dominate the memorialisation of the recent past. The article reviews several examples of acts of dissent, based on their representativeness and the existing literature, and question the memorability of dissident acts by considering the memory discourse on communism and the involvement of different agents of memory. It also interrogates the use of the Romanian secret police (Securitate) files in artistic productions, examining this acknowledgement of the role played by the Securitate in creating the narratives of the communist past. Two artistic productions based on reworkings of the Securitate files are analysed: a documentary theatre play staged by Gianina Cărbunariu, Uppercase Print (2013), and Radu Jude’s 2020 film of the same title, both presenting the story of Mugur Călinescu. The article argues that these productions question mainstream frames of memory by revisiting the narratives and biographies created by the Securitate files and give new, artistically mediated voices to victims, perpetrators and collaborators.

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Section: Romanian Dissidence: Opposition Forms Of Non-compliance and ...mentioning

confidence: 99%