Continuities of nationalist thought - a topic for agricultural history? Mathilde von Kemnitz-Ludendorff (1877-1966) and the Ludendorff movement

Agrarian-romanticized concepts of homeland and nature conservation have always been part of the formation of völkisch ideology and völkisch settlement concepts. The lecture deals with one of the best-known protagonists of the völkisch movement in the Weimar Republic, the doctor and anti-Semite Mathilde von Kemnitz-Ludendorff. Together with her third husband, the general and politician Erich Ludendorff, she led the nationalist "Tannenbergbund" and founded the ethno-religious association "Deutschvolk". Successor organizations of the Ludendorff movement, such as the extreme right-wing "Bund für Gotterkenntnis e.V.", still exist today. Annika Spilker, Dr.phil., cultural scientist and historian as well as director of the Eschwege town archive and museum. Main areas of work: Historical gender studies, nationalist movement, history education: history of Eschwege.

Lecture by Dr. Annika Spilker (Eschwege)