Die Rolle von Politik und Ideologie im Alpinismus 1900‒1945

Abstract

The following paper traces the political and ideological impacts on Alpinism between 1900 and 1945. For this, it not only scrutinises the increase in radical attitudes – and in particular the notion of „Deutschtum“ – in Austrian alpine clubs. It also deconstructs the idealisation of mountains and alpine life in movies of the time as well as their instrumentalisation by the National Socialists.