Abschied von der Kulturmacht

Abstract

When in the 1980s German diplomats in Washington learned that the U. S. government was planning to build aNationalHolocaustMuseum, they panicked, fearing that it would have a devastating impact on the image of the Federal Republic of Germany. This article analyzes their lament at being forced to address theHolocaust after several decades of relative silence by detailing the strategies that the Foreign Ministry employed to avoid confronting the Nazi past for more than thirty years. In its work with neighboring countries,West Germany’s cultural diplomacy was supposed to represent a new beginning after Nazism. Despite its failure in this respect, it was lauded for its contribution to the rehabilitation of the country.

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