Bitburg, Jews, and Germans
A Case Study of Anti-Jewish Sentiment in Germany during May, 1985
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4736221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hajo Funke (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Issue | 38 |
| Pages | 57 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/488076 |
| OpenAlex | W2314823581 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Public opinion as well as scholarly discussions in West are largely dominated by the view that even after the experience of NaziGermany, a certain potential of anti-Semitism still exists which is interpreted more as reflecting a lack ofcoming to grips with this period in German history than as an acute political danger.Thus, the study of anti-Semitism is widely felt to teach us about the roots of the possible revitalization or flaring up of prejudice in general. To be sure, even after 1945 there were still anti-Semitic feelings against the Jews living in Germany, but the activation of such sentiments seemed to be restricted to small groups of neo-Nazis. However, two recent and closely related events and developments have made it obvious that dormant anti-Semitism can be easily activated and erupt with sudden, unexpected violence. first event to which I am referring is the openly aggressive criticism voiced by a large section of the conservative newspapers in Germany, and particularly by the leading German newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and even more importantly the publication of a long feature story which appeared in the weekly magazine Qick on April 25, 1985. cover of this issue showed the half-naked figure of a woman with a black hat, spread out diagonally across the page, and bore the blackletter headline The Power of theJews, with a subtitle in smaller print reading: Reagan's Visit to Germany as if there were a direct causal relationship between the two issues. second event took place on May 5, 1985. In a double ceremony in the German town of Bitburg and in the former Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, victims and perpetrators of Nazi-terror were
Ancient history · Archaeology · Judaism · European history and politics · German legal, social, and political studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |