Der Holocaust als „kolonialer Genozid“? Europäische Kolonialgewalt und nationalsozialistischer Vernichtungskrieg
- This essay critically engages with the current scholarly debate about ‘connecting lines’ and structural similarities between European colonialism and German National Socialism. Following the recent publication of books on the allegedly genocidal nature of German colonialism and the role of the Herero and Nama wars (1904–07) as a precursor of and model for the German war of extermination in Eastern Europe (1939–45), the essay will critically examine the allegedly ‘exceptional’ character of the German colonial wars within the broader trans-national context of colonial violence. It will be argued that the taboo violation of 1904 was in fact very much in line with common European colonial standards. Furthermore, the essay will critically engage with the question of direct continuities between ‘Windhoek and Auschwitz’, arguing that the German war of annihilation constituted a break with European traditions of colonialism rather than a continuation.
Author: | Robert GerwarthORCiDGND, Stephan MalinowskiGND |
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URL: | http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/sites/default/files/medien/material/2008-3/GerwarthMalinowski_KolonialerGenozid.pdf |
Parent Title (German): | Geschichte und Gesellschaft |
Document Type: | Journal Article |
Language: | German |
Date of Publication (online): | 2014/02/12 |
Date of first Publication: | 2007/01/01 |
Release Date: | 2014/02/12 |
Volume: | 33 |
First Page: | 439 |
Last Page: | 466 |
ZZF Chronological-Classification: | 20. Jahrhundert |
ZZF Regional-Classification: | Europa |
Gewalt | |
Holocaust | |
Genozide | |
Postcolonial Studies | |
Studies in Contemporary History: Materials: | 3/2008 NS-Forschung nach 1989/90 3/2008 / Zur Debatte |
Licence (German): | Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des jeweiligen Autors / Verlags für Online-Ausgabe der Zeitschrift Zeithistorische Forschungen |