Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany After Unification

by Kurthen, Hermann; Bergmann, Werner; Erb, Rainer

• ISBN13: 9780195104851
• ISBN10: 0195104854
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Since unification, Germany has experienced profound changes, including the reawakening of xenophobic hate crime, anti-Semitic incidents, and racist violence. This book presents the most recent research conducted by a team of American and German experts in political science, sociology, mass communication, and history. They analyze the degree of antisemitism, xenophobia, remembrance, and Holocaust knowledge in German public opinion; the groups and organizations that propagate prejudice and hate; and the German, American, and Jewish perceptions of, and reactions to, these phenomena.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	ix	(2)
Contributors	xi
1 Introduction: Postunification Challenges to German Democracy	3	(18)
Hermann Kurthen
Werner Bergmann
Rainer Erb
1 FACTS AND FINDINGS ABOUT ANTISEMITISM AND XENOPHOBIA IN UNITED GERMANY	21	(122)
2 Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany since Unification	21	(18)
Werner Bergmann
3 Antisemitism and Xenophobia in United Germany: How the Burden of the Past Affects the Present	39	(49)
Hermann Kurthen
4 Knowledge, Feelings, and Attitudes of German University Student toward the Holocaust	88	(22)
Manfred Brusten
5 Ethnic Intolerance, Extremism, and Democratic Attitudes in Germany since Unification	110	(33)
Frederick D. Weil
II MOVEMENTS, GROUPS, AND ORGANIZATIONS PROPAGATING ANTISEMITISM AND XENOPHOBIA IN UNITED GERMANY	143	(68)
6 Xenophobia among East German Youth	143	(16)
Wilfried Schubarth
7 Antisemitism among Right-Wing Extremist Groups, Organizations, and Parties in Postunification Germany	159	(15)
Juliane Wetzel
8 "Revisionism" in Germany and Austria: The Evolution of a Doctrine	174	(16)
Brigitte Bailer-Galanda
9 A New Conservative Revolution?: Neo-Nationalism, Collective Memory, and the New Right in Germany since Unification	190	(21)
Elliot Neaman
III AMERICAN, JEWISH, AND GERMAN PERCEPTIONS OF AND REACTIONS TO ANTISEMITISM AND XENOPHOBIA	211	(52)
10 Public Responses to Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism	211	(13)
Rainer Erb
11 Berlin's Jews after Unification: Challenges to Community	224	(18)
Anna J. Merrit
Richard L. Merritt
12 The Image of Germany in the News and U.S. Public Opinion after Unification	242	(15)
Holli A. Semetko
Wolfgang G. Gibowski
13 Concluding Remarks: Questions for Further Research in Comparative Perspective	257	(6)
Hermann Kurthen
Werner Bergmann
Rainer Erb
Appendix: Selected Chronology of Antisemitic and Extreme Right-Wing Events in Germany during and after Unification, 1989-1994	263	(24)
Rainer Erb
Hermann Kurthen
References	287	(24)
Index	311