The "Holocausts" in Greece: Victim Competition in the Context of Postwar Compensation for Nazi Persecution

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17504902.2016.1209837" target="_blank" >http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17504902.2016.1209837</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17504902.2016.1209837" target="_blank" >10.1080/17504902.2016.1209837</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The "Holocausts" in Greece: Victim Competition in the Context of Postwar Compensation for Nazi Persecution

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In postwar Greece, reflections on the country&apos;s reconstruction and German compensation for Nazi persecution have been largely overshadowed by the memory of the Greek Civil War (1946-49) followed by strong nationalist and anti-communist policies. In public discourse, however, memories of the Holocaust were recently linked to mass atrocities on the Greek non-Jewish population. Even before the book Ellinika Olokautomata, 1940-1945 [Greek Holocausts, 1940-1945] was published in 2010, the term &quot;Holocausts&quot; was used in connection with the retaliatory actions taken by Germans against the communist resistance in Greece under the Nazi occupation. In this way, Shoah survivors were seen as competitors for compensation payments in general and from Germany in particular. Drawing on rich primary sources particularly from German archives, I aim to examine the connection between humanitarian aid, moral obligations of political elites, and political realism in Greek-German relations. I argue that in the climate of the Cold War, individual attempts to secure compensation were especially hampered by bureaucratic obstacles and political power games of both the West German and Greek policymakers. Both these factors still remain noticeable. This article was submitted as part of a grant project, &quot;We had to live, we had to survive somehow...&quot; Jews in Greece, 1944-2012 [grant number 16-16009S].

Název v anglickém jazyce

The "Holocausts" in Greece: Victim Competition in the Context of Postwar Compensation for Nazi Persecution

Popis výsledku anglicky

In postwar Greece, reflections on the country&apos;s reconstruction and German compensation for Nazi persecution have been largely overshadowed by the memory of the Greek Civil War (1946-49) followed by strong nationalist and anti-communist policies. In public discourse, however, memories of the Holocaust were recently linked to mass atrocities on the Greek non-Jewish population. Even before the book Ellinika Olokautomata, 1940-1945 [Greek Holocausts, 1940-1945] was published in 2010, the term &quot;Holocausts&quot; was used in connection with the retaliatory actions taken by Germans against the communist resistance in Greece under the Nazi occupation. In this way, Shoah survivors were seen as competitors for compensation payments in general and from Germany in particular. Drawing on rich primary sources particularly from German archives, I aim to examine the connection between humanitarian aid, moral obligations of political elites, and political realism in Greek-German relations. I argue that in the climate of the Cold War, individual attempts to secure compensation were especially hampered by bureaucratic obstacles and political power games of both the West German and Greek policymakers. Both these factors still remain noticeable. This article was submitted as part of a grant project, &quot;We had to live, we had to survive somehow...&quot; Jews in Greece, 1944-2012 [grant number 16-16009S].

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-16009S" target="_blank" >GA16-16009S: “Museli jsme žít, nějak jsme museli přežít…” Židé v Řecku 1944-2012</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History

ISSN

1750-4902

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

23

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

149-175

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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