Historikerstreit
dispute in German historiography
The Historikerstreit (Historians' dispute) was an intellectual and political controversy in West Germany about the way the Holocaust should be interpreted in history. It took place between 1986-1989, and pitted left-wing intellectuals against right-wing intellectuals. Its embers flared up again briefly in 2000[1] when one of the leading figures, Ernst Nolte, was awarded a literary prize. "Die Vergangenheit, die nicht vergehen will" proposed by Ernst Nolte, had to be rejected as inadequate due to their lack of sufficient empirical substance.[2]
Notes and references
change- ↑ Cohen, New York Times
- ↑ The past that does not want to pass
Other websites
change- Götz Aly. The logic of horror
- Nolte E. "Streitpunkte" Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Schmidt & Paetzel Fernsehfilme GmbH: deutsche Streitfall der Historiker Ernst Nolte Archived 2008-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Holocaust denial
- Gulag