German collective guilt
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German collective guilt is a psychological phenomenon, first identified by Carl Jung (1945), in which the German people feel a collective guilt (Kollektivschuld) for the atrocities committed by their fellow countrymen.[1]
The source of the perceived collective guilt is the Holocaust that occurred during the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler that occurred from 1933 through 1945 in which about 6,000,000 Jews were killed.[2]
Most living Germans had not yet been born, however the collective grief continues to be felt and influence 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.[3] 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 preferrable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[4]
External links
German collective guilt
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
References
- ↑
Jung CG. Nach der Katastrophe. Neue Schweizer Rundschau (Zurich). 1945; XIII: 67-88. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑
How Many People did the Nazis Murder?
, Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 11 December 2023. - ↑ Marweki, Daniel (24 November 2020).
How Postwar West Germany Used Support for Israel to Whitewash Its Image
, Jacobin. Retrieved 11 December 2023. - ↑ Speer, Moritz (30 October 2023).
Israels Sicherheit ist deutsche Staatsräson – was heißt das eigentlich?
[Israel’s security is Germany's national interest – what does that actually mean?], RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
