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{{Construction Site}}'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a psychological phenomenon, first identified by [[Carl Gustav Jung]] (1945), in which the German people feel a collective guilt (''Kollektivschuld'') for the atrocities committed by their fellow countrymen.<ref name="jung1945">{{REFjournal
The With Germany paralyzed by its collective guilt, the Israeli Knesset , without resistance by Germany, chose to inject itself into German internal affairs and demanded that Germany pass a law to protect [[Brit Milah| circumcisionMilahcircumcision]],<ref>{{REFnews
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Most living Germans had not yet been born, however so they cannot have any personal responsibility for the Holocaust, nevertheless the collective grief continues to be felt and influence it influences governmental behavior.
When Germany's Basic Law (''Grundgesetz'') was drafted in 1949' , the collective guilt appeared to be at work in the authors since the Basic Law was given a very strong human rights suite to offer protection against another Holocaust.
Germany has long given military aid to [[Israel ]] in expiation of its felt collective guilt.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://jacobin.com/2020/11/postwar-west-germany-support-israel-whitewashing
|title=How Postwar West Germany Used Support for Israel to Whitewash Its Image
|date=2020-11-24
|accessdate=2023-12-11
}}</ref> [[Israel ]] announced in 2023, that it is to receive advanced new Drakon-class submarines from Germany.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/new-israeli-submarines-big-sail-seen-in-images
|title=Latest Israeli Submarine’s Big Sail Seen In New Images
|date=2023-08-03
|accessdate=2023-12-11
}}</ref> Today, it is Germany's national interest to fundamentally support [[Israel]]'s security in the conflict with their neighbors, even though the German government still considers a two-state solution to be the preferable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.rnd.de/politik/israels-sicherheit-ist-deutsche-staatsraeson-was-heisst-das-eigentlich-6ZIZKBHGEZCO3J4GIOLIK4LWWA.html
|title=Israels Sicherheit ist deutsche Staatsräson – was heißt das eigentlich?
}}</ref>
== The Cologne case and its consequences ==
The [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]] by the Cologne regional court ([https://www.lg-koeln.nrw.de/ Landgericht Köln])' in which the court rightfully decided that a [[circumcision]] of a four-year-old boy of Muslim boy parents was a violation of the [[human rights ]] provisions of the [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html Basic Law ] (''Grundgesetz''), threatened to make all future non-therapeutic circumcisions of boys unlawful, unleashed overwhelming criticism by Muslims and Jews in Germany,<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Muslim and Jewish groups denounce German circumcision ruling
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18807040
|accessdate=2023-12-11
|quote=
}}</ref> and Jews in [[Israel]],<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Outraged German Jews slam court for prohibiting circumcision
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-jews-slam-court-for-ruling-prohibiting-circumcisions/
|accessdate=2023-12-11
|quote=
}}</ref> who sought to deny to boys the protections enacted in accordance with by those guilt-feeling individuals who wanted to prevent a future recurrence of a Holocaust.
|title='Germany must pass law to protect circumcision
|url=https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Germany-must-pass-law-to-protect-circumcision
|website=
|date=2012-06-27
|accessdate=2023-12-11
|quote=
}}</ref> although the Basic Law prohibits such actions.
The Merkel government, apparently under the influence of the prevailing German collective guilt, said "we're taking circumcision issue very seriously", although that action would require violating the protected rights supposedly guaranteed by the [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html Basic Law].<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Merkel: We’re taking circumcision issue very seriously
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-chancellor-were-taking-circumcision-issue-very-seriously/
|last=Ahren
|first=Raphael
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|publisher=The Times of Israel
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|date=2012-08-26
|accessdate=2023-08-26
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}}</ref> Although it defies common sense, apparently the collective guilt felt by the members of the Bundestag caused the members to pass the [[German Circumcision Act]] on [[2012-12-12|12 December 2012]] in apparent violation of the Basic Law.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Germany passes law to protect circumcision after outcry
|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-circumcision-idUKBRE8BB1B220121212/
|last=Chambers
|first=Madeline
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|publisher=Reuters
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|date=2012-12-12
|accessdate=2023-12-11
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews
|title=Germany Passes Circumcision Law After Outcry
|url=https://www.impactlab.com/2013/01/23/germany-passes-circumcision-law-after-outcry/
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|publisher=Impact Lab
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|date=2013-01-23
|accessdate=2023-12-11
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}}</ref> Although German [[intactivists]] presented significant opposition to the passage of this law, they could not overcome the effects of ''collective guilt'', so the circumcision law received overwhelming support in the Bundestag.
The 2012 [[Circumcision Debate]] and the strong influence of “German collective guilt” on voting behavior are described and evaluated in the book “[[Komikernation Deutschland]]” [Comedian Nation Germany] by [[Ulf Dunkel]].
Passage of legislation to protect the [[physical integrity]] and [[human rights]] of boys apparently will require overcoming the collective guilt.
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_collective_guilt