Germans and Jews Since The Holocaust

From the very moment of the liberation of camps at Auschwitz, Belsen and Buchenwald, Germans have been held accountable for the crimes committed in the Holocaust. The Nazi regime unleashed the most systematic attempt in history to wipe out an entire people, murdering men, women and children for the simple ''crime'' of being Jewish. After the war ended in 1945, the Jewish State of Israel was created and Jewish communities were re-established in a now divided Germany. Germans have engaged actively with their Nazi legacy and the Jewish communities have remained and grown stronger, but neo-Nazism has also persisted. Young Germans have learned the horrific deeds of the past at school, and throughout the world, people of all nations have tried to learn the lesson ''never again'', while Germany has become ''Israel''s best friend in Europe''. Pol O Dochartaigh analyses the ways in which Germans and Jews alike have attempted to come to terms with the Holocaust and its terrible legacy. He also looks at efforts to remember - and to forget - the Holocaust, movement towards recompense and reparation, and the survival of anti-Semitism.>

About the author

PÓL O'DOCHARTAIGH is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK.

Summary

The relationship between Germans and Jews has been a difficult one throughout history. Pol O Dochartaigh examines this relationship, encompassing both German and Jewish perspectives. He also looks at efforts both to remember the Holocaust, and to forget it, movement towards recompense and reparation, and the survival of antisemitism.

Product details

• Authors: , Pol 211 Dochartaigh, Pól Ó Dochartaigh, Pol O Dochartaigh, Pól Ó Dochartaigh, Pol O. Dochartaigh, Pól Ó. Dochartaigh, Pl O'Dochartaigh, Pol O'dochartaigh
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2015
• EAN: 9781403946843
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4684-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; B, History, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1940 to c 1949, Europe, Central—History, History of Germany and Central Europe, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater