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Joseph und Helene am 1. Mai?
(2024)
Auf dem vorliegenden Bild posiert Joseph vor einem Lastwagen. Helene schaut zusammen mit einem Kind aus der Fahrerkabine in die Kamera. Auf der Ladefläche stehen weitere Kinder sowie eine abgeschnittene größere Person. Die Abgebildeten tragen weiße Hemden und einige der Kinder auch weiße Hüte – sie wirken aufgeregt. Mindestens zwei der Kinder halten kleine einfarbige Fahnen in ihren Händen.
The Language of Eichmann in Jerusalem. Nazi German and Other Forms of German in the 1961 Trial
(2024)
The Eichmann trial granted the German language a degree of audibility unprecedented in the short history of the State of Israel, with the defendant, the judges, prosecutors, and witnesses frequently resorting to speaking in German. Drawing on archival materials, protocols, footage, and press reports, this article shows how the Eichmann trial brought to the surface several historical tensions around the postwar status of the German language. The various forms of German heard in the courtroom challenged notions of German as a Nazi language and contributed to a gradual mitigation of its status as a tainted language. The article concludes by reassessing Hannah Arendt’s 1963 Eichmann in Jerusalem and specifically her postulate that Eichmann’s language faithfully reflected his mindset. It is argued that Arendt’s understanding of Eichmann’s language echoed prewar ideas on German’s distinctive power.