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Bad Memory - Germany is acclaimed for its efforts to atone for the Holocaust. But its method of repudiating the past has become a tool of exclusion.

in Jewish Currents · 5 Jul 2023

This article discusses Germany's efforts to confront its past and atone for the Holocaust.

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On the Anniversary of Kristallnacht and the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Remembering East Germany’s Jews

Edward Serotta in Tablet · 11 Nov 2019

In 1988, East Germany under Erich Honecker made unprecedented efforts to engage with its Jewish community, organizing events around the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

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Who Won the Cold War?

Edward Serotta in Tablet · 10 Sep 2019

The overthrow of Communism and the end of the Cold War were marked by various significant events across Eastern Europe.

0 History Holocaust

Never Again? East German and Radical Left West German Attitudes to Israel

Tel Aviv Review · 15 Jun 2018

Professor Jeffrey Herf discusses the varying attitudes towards Israel held by East Germany and the radical left in West Germany from 1967 to 1989, within the context of the Holocaust legacy and the Cold War, during an interview with host Gilad Halpern in June 2015.

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East Meets West

Allan Arkush in Jewish Review of Books · 28 Jun 2017

In "Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967–1989," the author Jeffrey Herf explores how both East Germany and the West German far left demonized Israel following the Six-Day War, equating it with Nazism and supporting Arab countries and Palestinian terrorists against Israel.

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Never again? East German and radical left West German attitudes to Israel

Tel Aviv Review · 19 Jun 2015

Professor Jeffrey Herf discusses the attitudes of East Germany and the radical left in West Germany towards Israel from 1967 to 1989, exploring how these views were shaped by the memory of the Holocaust and the Cold War.