filia.die frauenstiftung

"They are inconspicuous, nice and socially committed... the new nationalist-minded women."
Carrying a film camera, girls between the ages of 13 and 16 in the Federal State of Brandenburg in the East of Germany set out to explore what role women and girls play in radical right-wing groups. Their share in the right-wing scene is growing. The image of women ranges from "the mother", via "the housewife", up to the "single multifunctionary" of a radical right-wing party. The aim was to look behind the facade in various ways.
The girls visited the concentration camp memorial site Ravensbrück in order to learn from history. They met eye witnesses and talked to experts from the mobile counselling team from Berlin and Brandenburg in order to understand the present better.
And they interviewed a girl of their own age. She had been a member of the right-wing scene in a small town in Brandenburg for a time. What motivates young girls especially to join these men-dominated groups? The young woman describes very precisely how she "slipped in" through her first great love, through music, through a feeling of belonging in the group. She "simply swam with the current", didn't pose any questions.
The film does not wag any educational finger. It leaves behind a cold shudder concerning the immense lack of knowledge about historical backgrounds and present-day connections.
The girls produced the DVD "Simply with the current? Girls in the right-wing scene". The documentary was screened in public by the girls in the Falkensee Town Hall on 19 February 2009. Six of the girls participating in the project, excited and rather tense, read aloud from their project journal. The film is being distributed free to schools and can be used well to start a discussion about the fascination and consequences of nationalist rightwing policy – and about the image of women that is to be propagated here.
www.mikado-nauen.de

<< back