In the political and economical aspects, the unification of Germany is evaluated as successful. On the other hand, the social and mental integrations have not been enough fulfilled. Therefore, the problem of inner unity has been occurred. One of the i...
In the political and economical aspects, the unification of Germany is evaluated as successful. On the other hand, the social and mental integrations have not been enough fulfilled. Therefore, the problem of inner unity has been occurred. One of the important tasks of inner unity is how to understand the history of the East Germany. This article is to evaluate the education about history of East Germany in the perspective of inner unity. At first, the discussions in history and other related majors on the history of East Germany after unification of Germany are summarized. On the basis of it, the analysis methods of textbooks are suggested. Then, nine textbooks for Gymnasium are analysed and its result is evaluated in the perspective of inner unity. The results of this research are as follows: the majority of analysed textbooks is not sufficient to contribute to the inner unity of Germany. They are not interested in the limitage of dictatorship and the life of people who lived in the society of dictatorship with each other in the spirit of coalition. They have strong tendencies to describe the history of East Germany from the viewpoint of collapsing inevitably. They are also passive to recognize the historical achievments and results of East Germany. This is a approach method to neglect the people who pursuited the meaning of life in the such a sociey of dictatorship.