Der Holocaust als »kolonialer Genozid«

Europäische Kolonialgewalt und nationalsozialistischer Vernichtungskrieg

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11981978
AutoresR Gerwarth (0000-0003-0424-8081, Institute of History and Archaeology, autor de correspondencia), Stephan Malinowski (Institute of History and Archaeology)
Año2007
Volumen33
Número3
Páginas439-466
Fecha de publicación2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeschichte und Gesellschaft (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0340-613X • E-ISSN: 2196-9000
EditorialVandenhoeck & Ruprecht (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.13109/gege.2007.33.3.439
OpenAlexW2309209219
IdiomaDE
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas11

This essay critically engageswith the current scholarly debate about 'connecting lines' and structural similarities between European colonialism and German National Socialism. Following the recent publication of books on the allegedly genocidal nature of German colonialism and the role of the Herero and Nama wars (1904-07) as a precursor of and model for the German war of extermination in Eastern Europe (1939-45), the essay will critically examine the allegedly 'exceptional' character of the German colonial wars within the broader trans-national context of colonial violence. It will be argued that the taboo violation of 1904 was in fact very much in line with common European colonial standards. Furthermore, the essay will critically engage with the question of direct continuities between 'Windhoek and Auschwitz', arguing that the German war of annihilation constituted a break with European traditions of colonialism rather than a continuation

Colonialism · Context (archaeology · German · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Sociology · Taboo · The Holocaust · European history and politics · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law