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Antisemitism and xenophobia in Germany after unification

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Since unification, Germany has undergone profound changes, including the reawakening of xenophobic hate crime, anti-Semitic incidents and racist violence. This book presents the findings on German public opinion, private attitudes, official policies and right wing political developments.

Title Antisemitism and xenophobia in Germany after unification / edited by Hermann Kurthen, Werner Bergmann, Rainer Erb. [electronic resource]
Publisher New York : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Previously issued in print: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.
English
Content Contents
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Contributors
1 Introduction: Postunification Challenges to German Democracy
I: FACTS AND FINDINGS ABOUT ANTISEMITISM AND XENOPHOBIA IN UNITED GERMANY
2 Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany since Unification
3 Antisemitism and Xenophobia in United Germany: How the Burden of the Past Affects the Present
4 Knowledge, Feelings, and Attitudes of German University Students toward the Holocaust
5 Ethnic Intolerance, Extremism, and Democratic Attitudes in Germany since Unification
II: MOVEMENTS, GROUPS, AND ORGANIZATIONS PROPAGATING ANTISEMITISM AND XENOPHOBIA IN UNITED GERMANY6 Xenophobia among East German Youth
7 Antisemitism among Right-Wing Extremist Groups, Organizations, and Parties in Postunification Germany
8 ""Revisionism"" in Germany and Austria: The Evolution of a Doctrine
9 A New Conservative Revolution?: Neo-Nationalism, Collective Memory, and the New Right in Germany since Unification
III: AMERICAN, JEWISH, AND GERMAN PERCEPTIONS OF AND REACTIONS TO ANTISEMITISM AND XENOPHOBIA
10 Public Responses to Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism
11 Berlin's Jews after Unification: Challenges to Community12 The Image of Germany in the News and U.S. Public Opinion after Unification
13 Concluding Remarks: Questions for Further Research in Comparative Perspective
Appendix: Selected Chronology of Antisemitic and Extreme Right-Wing Events in Germany during and after Unification, 1989-1994
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Series Oxford scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (335 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710979705171
MARC RECORDS
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