Language:
French
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Cahiers Bernard Lazare
Angaben zur Quelle:
125-126 (1990) 111-138
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
Abstract:
Examines three currents in historiography and public debates concerning the responsibility of the German people for persecution and murder of the Jews. The "negationists" (among them Golo Mann) state that Hitler was solely responsible and avoid discussing this question further. The "separatist" approach differentiates between the German population and Nazis. They deny the collective accusation against the Germans, and object to confusion between antisemitic measures and extermination. Analyzes the opinions of two historians - Ian Kershaw and Sarah Gordon. "Assimilationist" historians (e.g. Otto Dov Kulka, Walter Laqueur, Raul Hilberg) insist on the implication of the German population in Nazi crimes and underline the national responsibility of all Germans. Schwok does not agree with this point of view but states that it is the best-documented one.
Note:
Reprinted in three parts in "Cahiers Bernard Lazare" 254, 255 and 259 (2005).
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