LITERARISCHE WOCHE GEGEN ANITSEMITISMUS: »GESCHAH, WAS GESCHAH? GESCHIEHT ES NOCH?« ÖFFENTLICHES SYMPOSIUM

In the organizer's words:

Taking a stand, showing solidarity, finding solutions - seven Munich literary institutions are taking a stand against anti-Semitism with a joint week of events (20.1. to 24.1.2025).

At the public symposium at the Literaturhaus, academics from all over Germany will take a look at historical events and current developments.

"LITERARY ANTISEMITISM" (4 pm)

Reading: Thorsten Krohn

It is literature that has helped us to understand the horrors of the 20th century. But what influence did (and does) it have on the emergence of anti-Semitic emotions? Ethel Matala de Mazza (Humboldt University Berlin) & Mona Körte (Bielefeld University) will discuss these questions using selected text passages.

PAUSE (5 pm)

"REMEMBERING POLITICAL TURNING TIMES" (5:30 pm)

What is the motivation and social context for the repeated desecration of national memorials such as concentration camps? Jens-Christian Wagner, Director of the Buchenwald Memorial, talks about the return of historical revisionism and anti-Semitism.

"A NEW ANTISEMITISM?" (18:15)

Moderation: Mirijam Zadoff (Ns Documentation Center Munich)

What reactions do political developments in Germany require? How do Jewish authors experience the growing anti-Semitic aggression? Lena Gorelik ("Wer wir sind" and others), the sociologist and psychologist Ilka Quindeau (Adorno Lectures at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt) & Jens-Christian Wagner answer these questions.

Price information:

ADMISSION (for the symposium): EURO 20.-/10.-