Season's change in South Tyrol - the poem 'Herbst ist's' and the history of a region

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject German Studies - Modern German Literature grade: 18 University College Dublin (German Studies) course: Strategies of ethnic survival: South Tyrol / Alto Adige in the 20th Century language: English abstract: The aim of this essay shall be to have a closer look at South Tyrol before and during World War II - through the eyes of the South Tyroleans. The poem 'Herbst ist´s' of the 1930s written anonymously and hidden in Bozen´s Country Archive for almost 60 years shall take centre stage in the following analysis. I will try to show the impact which Hitler's and Mussolini's policies had on people's everyday lives and how this led to a division of the entire society.