Jeffrey Herf Bücher

Jeffrey Herf untersucht die Ursprünge und politischen Auswirkungen des modernen Antisemitismus, der über politische Lagergrenzen hinweg wirkt. Anhand der deutschen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts zeigt er, wie verschiedene Bewegungen und Ideologien, einschließlich Islamismus, von antisemitischem Hass geprägt sind. Das Buch bietet eine Einführung in wichtige Quellen dieser Tradition.

Wenn Antizionismus und Antisemitismus aufeinandertreffen: Die DDR als inoffizieller Kriegsgegner Israels. Der US-amerikanische Historiker Jeffrey Herf untersucht das weite Spektrum der Feindseligkeiten seitens der DDR und der westdeutschen radikalen Linken gegenüber Israel: von Propaganda über Waffenlieferungen an arabische Staaten, die sich mit Israel im Kriegszustand befanden, bis hin zum demonstrativen Schulterschluss mit terroristischen Organisationen. Der untersuchte Zeitraum reicht vom Jahr 1967 bis 1989 und umfasst den Sechstage-Krieg (1967), den Jom-Kippur-Krieg und den Libanon-Krieg (1982) sowie die terroristischen Anschläge der PLO und anderer Organisationen. Herf leistet in seiner überfälligen Studie zweierlei: Er liefert neue Erkenntnisse über das Ausmaß der Kooperation der westdeutschen radikalen Linken mit terroristischen Organisationen, vor allem aber kann er überzeugend belegen, dass die DDR, und andere Ostblockstaaten, einen weit größeren Einfluss auf den Nahostkonflikt genommen hat, als bislang angenommen.

Undeclared Wars with Israel examines a spectrum of antagonism by the East German government and West German radical leftist organizations - ranging from hostile propaganda and diplomacy to military support for Israel's Arab armed adversaries - from 1967 to the end of the Cold War in 1989. This period encompasses the Six-Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973), Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, and an ongoing campaign of terrorism waged by the Palestine Liberation Organization against Israeli civilians. This book provides new insights into the West German radicals who collaborated in 'actions' with Palestinian terrorist groups, and confirms that East Germany, along with others in the Soviet Bloc, had a much greater impact on the conflict in the Middle East than has been generally known. A historian who has written extensively on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, Jeffrey Herf now offers a new chapter in this long, sad history.

An account of the West German euromissile debate of the 1970s and 1980s

An examination of Nazi propaganda activities targeting Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East during World War II and the Holocaust. It explores the intellectual, political, and cultural context in which German and European radical anti-Semitism was found to resonate with similar views rooted in a selective appropriation of the traditions of Islam.

In a unique application of critical theory to the study of the role of ideology in politics, Jeffrey Herf explores the paradox inherent in the German fascists' rejection of the rationalism of the Enlightenment while fully embracing modern technology. He documents evidence of a cultural tradition he calls 'reactionary modernism' found in the writings of German engineers and of the major intellectuals of the. Weimar right: Ernst Juenger, Oswald Spengler, Werner Sombart, Hans Freyer, Carl Schmitt, and Martin Heidegger. The book shows how German nationalism and later National Socialism created what Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, called the 'steel-like romanticism of the twentieth century'. By associating technology with the Germans, rather than the Jews, with beautiful form rather than the formlessness of the market, and with a strong state rather than a predominance of economic values and institutions, these right-wing intellectuals reconciled Germany's strength with its romantic soul and national identity.

The Holocaust's magnitude has captured attention for decades, yet the rationale behind the Nazis' atrocities often remains overlooked. German wartime media portrayed a narrative that depicted German citizens as targets of an international conspiracy, led by a powerful Jewish clique manipulating world leaders like Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. Hitler framed the Holocaust as a defensive measure, asserting it was essential to eliminate Jews before they could destroy Germany. Joseph Goebbels and Otto Dietrich’s Press Office crafted this fanatical vision into a coherent narrative, which permeated everyday life through various media. Drawing on extensive archival research, Jeffrey Herf reconstructs the propaganda that Germans encountered, from wall posters at streetcars to radio broadcasts and sensational headlines. This study is the first to examine how anti-Semitism shaped Nazi propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust, revealing how it unified the delusional elements of Nazi ideology. Herf presents a chilling exploration of how Hitler justified war and genocide as a necessity against an imagined omnipotent Jewish enemy. In a time when anti-Semitism and conspiracy theories still affect global politics, this work serves as a crucial reminder of their dangers and offers a new perspective on the paranoia that fueled the Third Reich's ideology.

This book examines antagonism to Israel by East and West Germany, from the Six-Day War through the Cold War. číst celé

Three Faces of Antisemitism examines the three primary forms of antisemitism as they emerged in modern and contemporary Germany, and then in other countries.