A Little Known, Exotic Species: Jews in Germany Post-1945 and the Long-Term Effects of Genocide on Scientific Research
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There is a rich body of research concerning Jews who lived in Germany before 1933. Publications on the Holocaust are equally numerous, a significant proportion of this output tackling historical (and contemporary) antisemitism in Germany from a non-Jewish perspective. Much less is known about the post-1945 Jewish population of the former East and West (now reunited) Germany: in terms of Jewish socio-demography, life-worlds, cultural heritage, praxes and about Jewish perspectives on antisemitism. The aim of this article is threefold. Content-wise, it sets out to summarise the existing social scientific research on the post-1945ers, and to identify gaps therein in terms of empirical research, both quantitative and qualitative. Structurally, it seeks to determine the scope and frame of research concerning the post-1945 Jewish population of Germany, demonstrating thus that the study of contemporary Jews is replete with lacunae. Practically, the article outlines the consequences of patchy knowledge, and the hampered knowledge transfer within academia and to the public – consequences which have become painfully clear in the wake of October 7, 2023.
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Attitudes to Jews Jewish Studies Universities / Higher Education Post-War Jewish History Post-War Reconstruction Main Topic: Other
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A Little Known, Exotic Species: Jews in Germany Post-1945 and the Long-Term Effects of Genocide on Scientific Research. 2024: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1007/s12397-024-09620-3
