ドイツ社会民主党再建再考一九四五-一九四六

抄録

In the author's previous article entitled "Rebuilding the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1945-1947," in 1983. (『歴史学研究』 No 519), his analysis was focused on the theory and praxis of Kurt Schumacher, the first chairman of the SPD after WWII, and also discussed the process of rebuilding of the party in Hannover. In this article, with the help of better documentation he analyzes the rebuilding process on the regional level. It is said that there were three urban cores for the rebuilding : Hannover, Berlin, and London ; and that the SPD was rebuilt rapidly and homogeneously under the strong leadership of Schumacher. However, the process of regional rebuilding has for the most part been ignored. By examining some examples of the regional rebuilding process in this article, the author finds it very difficult to endorse the image of rapid and homogeneous rebuilding. In other words, regional diversity should not be ignored if we are to truly understand the total image of the SPD's rebuilding.