Dr. Sebastian Voigt will give a lecture on the topic of anti-Semitism in the GDR from his current publication "Der Judenhass - Eine Geschichte ohne Ende".
The lecture explores these questions and sheds light on how National Socialism, fascism and the murder of Jews were discussed in the GDR - and also where topics were ignored, relativized or weighted differently than in the Federal Republic. It also looks at how the Shoah was dealt with in terms of remembrance policy, including the tensions between anti-fascist claims and real anti-Semitism.
These aspects are placed within the long history of Jew-hatred. The topicality of the subject makes it clear that hatred of Jews is not a closed chapter in history, but represents an ongoing challenge.
Dr. Marco Nase, a native of Pasewalk, will moderate the event
Excerpts from his CV: Sebastian Voigt grew up in Marbach am Neckar. His father is the historian Johannes H. Voigt. Sebastian Voigt studied history, German studies, philosophy and education at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg im Breisgau, the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and the University of Leipzig from 2000 to 2007. He obtained his Magister artium in 2006 and passed the first state examination for grammar school teaching in 2007. During his studies, he received scholarships from the German National Academic Foundation, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Fulbright Commission. From 2013 to 2015 he was a lecturer at the Chair of Contemporary History at the University of Leipzig, and since 2015 he has been a fellow at the Institute for Social Movements and a lecturer at the Ruhr University Bochum. He is also a lecturer at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich.
