Historikerstreit
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 | change source]
- ↑ Cohen, New York Times
- ↑ The past that does not want to pass
Other websites[change | change source]
- 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
