Language:
English
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Tikkun; a Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture and Society
Angaben zur Quelle:
2,1 (1987) 74-78
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Germany History 1933-1945
Abstract:
The "historians’ debate" in Germany reflects the quest for a national identity by both the Left and Right, and has revived hopes of reunification of the country. The Nazi past and the Holocaust are the main barriers to these hopes; this has led to attempts to reinterpret the events of the Nazi period as "normal". Cites Christian Democrat Alfred Dregger’s statements that the Wehrmacht did not know of the Jews’ extermination, and that the army was bound to defend Germany even if it meant defending Hitler. A similar subjective viewpoint is adopted by Hillgruber, implying rejection of the other view of Nazism - the view of the victims, and ignoring its most important aspect - racist extermination. Broszat’s advocacy of the "historicization" of Nazism turns it into a banality.
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