...recently in Berlin--first time back since peri-wallfall times. Commemoration:
The Ohnesorg revelation is really something. The "hidden hand of history" and all.
Even if Kurras had no orders to commit murder, the revelations will prompt Germany to contemplate its recent history once again.
Until now, no one had called into question the notion that Kurras was a "potentially fascist individual" with what German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno called an "authoritarian character."
He remains Ohnesorg's killer, but he can no longer be characterized as a puppet of a potentially fascist state. In fact, he was the puppet of a socialist state imbued with an equally authoritarian character, a realization that highlights yet again the similarities between the two ideologies.
All of this raises an intriguing question: What would have happened if the members of the student protest movement had soon discovered that Kurras was a member of the SED and worked for the Stasi?
Would an important part of German history have fallen by the wayside?
Would there have been no '68 movement, no student rebellion and no terrorist activities committed by the Second of June Movement and the Red Army Faction (RAF)?
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