Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism
Angaben zur Quelle:
1,2 (2018) pp 30
Keywords:
Halbwachs, Maurice,
;
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Anti-communist movements
;
Holocaust denial
Abstract:
This article analyzes contemporary antisemitism and Holocaust distortion in Eastern Europe. The main argument is that Brown and Red, Nazism and Communism, respectively are not at all equal. In Eastern Europe, in particular, antisemitic ideology is grounded on the rehabilitation of anticommunist national “heroes.” The history of the Holocaust is thereby distorted. Based on Maurice Halbwachs’s theory of “social frameworks,” the author shows how “competitive martyrdom,” the “Double Genocide” ideology, and “Holocaust obfuscation” are intertwined. Empirically, the paper examines these concepts in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Serbia and Croatia, and Romania.
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