Views on Zionism and Israel in East Germany
Timm, Angelika, Shofar
Views on Zionism and Israel in East Germany
The approach of the East German political elite to Zionism had its ideological background in the communist approach to the "Jewish question," antisemitism, and nationalism, while the most important criterion in shaping attitudes towards Israel was the incorporation of the GDR Middle East policy into the foreign policy of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. Like other communist parties, the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) characterized Zionism as bourgeois nationalism and chauvinism. In addition, the East German political elite followed its own political interests. It would be a simplification to identify anti-Zionism with …
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Publication information:
Article title: Views on Zionism and Israel in East Germany.
Contributors: Timm, Angelika - Author.
Journal title: Shofar.
Volume: 18.
Issue: 3
Publication date: April 3, 2000.
Page number: 93.
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