National Commemorative and Memorial Buchenwald 1989

Topics: Questionnaire A: interest in history, technology, art, science, politics, nature, sport; interest in sub-areas of history (scale); interest in cultural and artistic forms of presenting historical events (scale); occupation with fascism and sources of information used (scale); feeling of being informed about concentration camps and sources of information for this (scale); trip to a concentration camp before Buchenwald; preparation for the trip to Buchenwald through various groups of persons (scale); expectations of the trip to Buchenwald (scale); interest in questions on the fascist system of rule, daily life, anti-fascist resistance (scale); extent to which informed about this (scale); interest in reasons for incarceration and life of prisoners in the concentration camp (scale); knowledge about the life of the concentration camp prisoners (scale); knowledge about which people and groups of people primarily were held prisoner; attitudes to and evaluations of the time of fascism (scale); stand on personal contribution against fascism today; knowledge about the anti-fascist resistance struggle; characteristic of the features of German fascism (scale); feeling as an anti-fascist; description of behavior of an anti-fascist (scale); model effect of anti-fascists; effects of dealing with fascism for understanding of the present-day; realization of anti-fascist goals in the GDR; attitude to harshness and violence in society; sympathy for skinheads; evaluation of neo-fascist tendencies; attitude to foreigners in the GDR; attitude to impending admission into the FDJ; reasons for membership in the FDJ (scale); solidarity with the Pioneer Organization, FDJ, GDR, FRG, Soviet Union, native country; temporal classification of historical social events (scale); school grades (scale); social origins; qualification of parents; general thoughts and feelings before the trip to Buchenwald; Questionnaire B: feelings immediately after the trip to Buchenwald such as fear, outrage, hate regarding fascists and neo-fascists, admiration for the prisoners; feeling of helplessness regarding the danger of neo-fascism in the FRG; impressions from different parts of the concentration camp (scale); valuation of impressions during the tour and museum visit (scale); intent to return again to the memorial; information on different topic areas during the tour (scale); Ernst Thaelmann as model; interest in the life, work and person of Ernst Thaelmann (scale); feelings at the place where E. Thaelmann was murdered; stimuli for further occupation with fascism from the trip; preferred form of occupation with fascism (scale); attitudes to and evaluations of the time of fascism (scale); stand on personal contribution against fascism today; knowledge about which people and groups of people primarily were held prisoner; general thoughts and feelings after the trip to Buchenwald; Questionnaire C: another trip to the Commemorative and Memorial intended; frequency of conversations about the trip with other persons (scale); more frequent occupation with fascism since the trip; assessment of effects of trip regarding emotional impact and stand on fascism (scale); interest in individual topic areas of fascism (scale); extent to which informed about the seizure of power and goals of the fascists, about daily life, the anti-fascist resistance (scale); knowledge about which people and groups of people primarily were held prisoner; interest in the life of prisoners in the concentration camp (scale); knowledge about the life of prisoners in the concentration camp (scale); attitudes to and evaluations of the time of fascism (scale); stand on personal contribution against fascism today; knowledge about the anti-fascist resistance struggle (scale); characteristic of the features of German fascism (scale); feelings such as fear, outrage, hate regarding fascists and neo-fascists and admiration for the prisoners; feeling of helplessness regarding the danger of neofascism in the FRG; model effect of anti-fascists; realization of anti-fascist goals in the GDR; attitude to harshness and violence in society; sympathy for skinheads; evaluation of neo-fascist tendencies; characteristic of behavior of a neo-fascist (scale); self-assessment as anti-faschist; impressions on the occasion of admission into the FDJ; expectations of the Jugendweihe (scale); experiences in school and Pioneer Organization (scale); solidarity with the Pioneer Organization, FDJ, GDR, FRG, Soviet Union, native country; personal identity (scale).