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Der deutsche Sieg bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1954: Mythos und Wunder oder historisches Ereignis?
[journal article]
Abstract Still today for great parts of the German public
the German victory at the football world cup in Bern/Switzerland
in 1954 is a point of reference when national identification
is concerned. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary,
plenty of belletristic and scientific literary publications,
a feature... view more
Still today for great parts of the German public
the German victory at the football world cup in Bern/Switzerland
in 1954 is a point of reference when national identification
is concerned. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary,
plenty of belletristic and scientific literary publications,
a feature film and audio as well as picture documentations
have been produced. Without reference to the respective
genre, the majority of these works tends to regard the
winning of the world cup as a „myth”, some even take it for
an origo myth of a national foundation. Apart from that, a
striking feature is the personifying point of view, putting
special emphasis on the performance of individual figures
(Sepp Herberger, Fritz Walter, Herbert Zimmermann). Approaches
that focus on „Bern 1954” as a historic event are
rare: Attempts to present the winning of the title against the
background of the political history of the young Federal
Republic of Germany can sometimes be discovered. Examinations
with methods of daily life studies or the history
of mentalities remain to be done.... view less
Keywords
myth; match; social actor; historiography; fiction (literary genre); identity formation; world championship; coach; athlete; literature; biography; soccer; national identity
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Leisure Research
Document language
German
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 263-287
Journal
Historical Social Research, 30 (2005) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.30.2005.4.263-287
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed