A Hero’s Tragic Destiny Meets Ordinary Psychology
2009; American Psychological Association; Volume: 54; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1037/a0015405
ISSN1554-0138
AutoresJoachim I. Krueger, Jan Rummel,
Tópico(s)Personality Traits and Psychology
ResumoLocation: Format Availablability: Format Covered: Publication Type: Document Type: Release Date: Correction Date: Digital Object Identifier: PsycINFO AN: Accession Number: Number of Citations in Source: Cover Image(s): Record: 1 A hero’s tragic destiny meets ordinary psychology. Krueger, Joachim I. Rummel, Jan PsycCRITIQUES, Vol 54(20), 2009. US: American Psychological Association Singer, Bryan (Dir) (2008). Valkyrie 1554-0138 (Electronic) English Operation Valkyrie; Hitler; assassination attempts; Nazi Germany Reviews the film, Valkyrie by Bryan Singer (2008). Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a hero of the 20th century. Long misunderstood and denigrated in his own country and barely known outside of Germany, he fulfilled his destiny on July 20, 1944, when he blew up Hitler’s barracks but failed to kill the man himself. Shortly after midnight the next day, he was condemned by a kangaroo court-martial and shot. Operation Valkyrie was a sophisticated contingency plan the Wehrmacht had set up at the beginning of World War II to restore order in case of a breakdown of government and administration. When Stauffenberg arrived in Berlin, he and his conspirators redesigned Valkyrie; in their hands, a mechanism meant to preserve existing executive power became an instrument for a coup d’etat. Now, Valkyrie’s purpose became the installment of a military– civilian administration that could immediately negotiate with the allies and sue for peace. Stauffenberg and his closest ally, Henning von Tresckow, hoped to end the slaughter and rescue what was left of the nation’s dignity. Yet, they were aware of the possibility that their attempt would amount to only a defiant if noble gesture. Even assuming failure, they must have hoped that their story would be told and lessons about human strength and courage be learned. Clinical and personality psychologists will be interested in Stauffenberg’s motives and the content of his character. Social psychologists will try to see Stauffenberg in context and ask how the situation drove his actions. There have been other films about Stauffenberg and the events of July 20, 1944, but few had a lasting impact. Valkyrie is another opportunity to bring Stauffenberg’s story to the public’s attention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) *Fascism; *Government; *Political Assassination; *War Social Processes & Social Issues (2900) Human (10) Male (30) Germany Electronic Electronic Electronic Collection Review-Media 20090518 20091102 10.1037/a0015405 2009-03935-001 psq-2008-7353-1-2 10 Page 1 of 4 EBSCOhost
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