West German Jewry: Guilt, Power and Pluralism
The essay will address the history of West German Jewry using the concept of guilt as its guiding theme. Jews in West Germany had a bad conscience on account of living in the “land of the murderers.” This bad conscience not only distinguished them from other Jewish communities, it also explains much...
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Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDEC
2010-04-01
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| description | The essay will address the history of West German Jewry using the concept of guilt as its guiding theme. Jews in West Germany had a bad conscience on account of living in the “land of the murderers.” This bad conscience not only distinguished them from other Jewish communities, it also explains much of what characterized West German Jewry from 1945 to 1989: its particular economic structure; its especially close ties to Israel; its preoccupation with democratization; its power arrangements; and its communal life. The essay will address these issues, and trace a development that led from a close-knit, ideologically homogeneous group to one that became ever more pluralistic in the 1970s and 1980s. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ad6162a49a64759b03b283ad44c7dac2022-12-21T20:02:17ZengFondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDECQuest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History2037-741X2010-04-011West German Jewry: Guilt, Power and PluralismAnthony d. KaudersThe essay will address the history of West German Jewry using the concept of guilt as its guiding theme. Jews in West Germany had a bad conscience on account of living in the “land of the murderers.” This bad conscience not only distinguished them from other Jewish communities, it also explains much of what characterized West German Jewry from 1945 to 1989: its particular economic structure; its especially close ties to Israel; its preoccupation with democratization; its power arrangements; and its communal life. The essay will address these issues, and trace a development that led from a close-knit, ideologically homogeneous group to one that became ever more pluralistic in the 1970s and 1980s.http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?issue=1&id=213JewsWest GermanyShoahPost-warIsraelZionism |
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| title | West German Jewry: Guilt, Power and Pluralism |
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| title_fullStr | West German Jewry: Guilt, Power and Pluralism |
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| title_short | West German Jewry: Guilt, Power and Pluralism |
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| topic | Jews West Germany Shoah Post-war Israel Zionism |
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