What is German?

In my last crit, I was informed to produce more positive content for my magazine. Also in order to create a narrative, I was missing something I couldn't really figure out what until I talked to Sarah. 

My research was mainly focused on the post-war history which is generally quite dark and depressing. But in order to create a narrative, I need to have a strong identity which is easily comprehensible.

The group and also one-to-one tutorial gave me some really good ideas which inspired me to look into the things that happened before the war. Positive aspects of German history.  For example, the 20s when Bauhaus Designs were taking over Weimar and later the whole world. Or Berlin in the 30s, when it was probably the most liberal and frivolous place by then. 

questionnaire on "what is German"

Also, my own perception of Germany didn't really help me in my own research as I don't meet the customer and I am obviously biased. To get more information and topics to look at with pre-war research I asked everyone in the class to write down initial thoughts on "what does German mean to you?" Not everything was positive, half of the comments were similar to my own perception: Intimidating, harsh and cold. Then a lot of comments on all sorts of German sausages and one constructive comment: Greta Garbo. What brought me to the second part of my pre-war research which will be about hedonism in Germany, cabaret, icons like Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo. Also a growing trans-culture in Berlin's 30s that I will look at within the next two weeks, in addition to brief research of Bauhaus and all its achievements and artists.