Democratization and the Jews: Munich, 1945-1965Published for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism Democratization and the Jews explores the ways in which West Germans in Munich responded after 1945 to the Holocaust. Examining the political and religious discourse on the ?Jewish Question,? Anthony D. Kauders shows how men and women in the immediate postwar era employed antisemitic images from the Weimar Republic in order to distance themselves from the murderous policies of the Nazi regime. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, many people?and particularly Social Democrats and members of the churches, both Catholic and Protestant?began to repudiate antisemitism altogether, appreciating the connection between liberal democracy, on the one hand, and the rejection of hatred of Jews, on the other. This change was a revolutionary moment in the democratization of the Federal Republic, as the language of liberalism merged with the spirit of democracy. |
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... early 1960s , many people — and particularly Social Demo- crats and members of the churches , both Catholic and Protestant - began to repudiate antisemitism altogether , appreciating the connection between liberal democracy , on the one ...
... led both to the refusal to acknowledge " German " culpability and to the retention of stereotypes a previous age had provided . Only in the late 1950s and early 1960s was the Introduction Democratization and the Jews.
Munich, 1945-1965 Anthony Kauders. Only in the late 1950s and early 1960s was the question of responsibility treated in such a manner that the connection between holding a belief and condoning an action would be recognized with much less ...
... early history of the Federal Republic . What is more , by treating appeals and statements as acts of personal intent , we pay heed to their place in conflicts of a more limited nature , that is , as remarks made to persuade , influence ...
... early 1960s ( Einsatzgruppen in 1958 , Eichmann in 1961 , and Auschwitz in 1963 ) brought about a change in attitudes towards the past , see chapter 4 and Herf , Divided Memory ( n . 18 above ) , 268 , 390-91 ; Passauer , " NS ...
Contents
History as Pedagogy Munichs Jewish Community after the War | 38 |
History as Memory Democracy and Antisemitism 19451949 | 65 |
History and Memory in the Economic Miracle Dormancy and Difference 19491957 | 137 |
History as Change Jews as Fellow Beings 19581965 | 201 |