Language:
German
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts
Angaben zur Quelle:
17 (2018) 183-210
Keywords:
Hirsch, Rudolf, Political and social views
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Mass media and the Holocaust
;
Germany (East)
Abstract:
Though the Shoah was hardly at the core of the GDR’s memory practices, it was regularly addressed by a few individuals, despite all obstacles. This paper analyzes the works of Rudolf Hirsch, the most prominent and widely read legal correspondent of the GDR, focusing on the way the Shoah was represented therein. While Hirsch often wrote polemically about alleged West German neo-Fascism, thus contributing actively to the Party’s campaigns against the Federal Republic, he never fully adopted a Marxist view. Rather, his personal experiences forced him to write more empathically and to analyze the Shoah by merging Marxism with a Jewish perspective.
Note:
With an English abstract.
DOI:
10.13109/9783666370809.183
URL:
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