Ulrike Draesner und Miriam Gebhardt »Nebelkinder, Babyboomer«

Literature Meets Science Series Ulrike Draesner and Miriam Gebhardt in conversation with Dorothea Westphal about women in war How did World War II specifically shape women? Much research has been conducted in recent years on the fact that experiences of violence can be passed on to subsequent generations. But how can one write about violence suffered in war? In her new novel, "The Transformed," the final part of her major trilogy about war, flight, and expulsion, Ulrike Draesner tells the stories of diverse women from different generations during and after the war. In doing so, she gives a voice to those who could not speak about what was done to them. In her book, "Our Post-War Parents: How the Experiences of Our Fathers and Mothers Shape Us to This Day," historian and author Miriam Gebhardt also explores how these experiences influenced the image of women and mothers in the 1960s and 1970s. And, based on her research, diary entries, and personal family anecdotes, she shows how such formative experiences have affected the grandchildren of war veterans, the baby boomers, in their relationship to the world and in raising their own children. The writer Ulrike Draesner and the historian Miriam Gebhardt discuss this with the literary journalist Dorothea Westphal. Ulrike Draesner, "The Transformed," Penguin Verlag 2023, nominated for the 2023 Leipzig Book Fair Prize Miriam Gebhardt, "Our Post-War Parents: How the Experiences of Our Fathers and Mothers Still Shape Us Today," DVA 2022 An event in cooperation with Deutschlandfunk Kultur Broadcast dates: Friday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 25 at 10:03 p.m.