The generation is an increasingly prominent concept in German cultural discourse, which is experiencing marked shifts in how the different postwar generations are thought about and defined against one another. The Second World War and the Holocaust, the expulsions of ethnic Germans from Central and Eastern Europe, the immigration of laborers and asylum seekers, the student movement, even reunification are no longer solely first-generational lived experiences but are also historical moments seen through the eyes of successor generations. The generation, seen as a category of memory, thus holds a key to major shifts in German identity. The changing generational perspectives of German writers and filmmakers not only reflect but also influence these trends, exposing both the expected differences between generational views and unexpected continuities. Moreover, as younger artists reframe recent history, older generations like the 1968ers are also contributing to these shifts by reassessing their own experiences and cultural contributions. This volume of new essays applies current discourse on generations in German culture to contemporary works dealing with major sociohistorical events since the Nazi period. Contributors: Svea Bräunert, Laurel Cohen-Pfister, Friederike Eigler, Thomas Fox, Katharina Gerstenberger, Erin McGlothlin, Brad Prager, Ilka Rasch, Susanne Rinner, Caroline Schaumann, Maria Stehle. Reinhild Steingröver, Susanne Vees-Gulani.