United in Diversity: Contemporary European Jewry in an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Open Access What are the future perspectives for Jews and Jewish networks in contemporary Europe? Is there a new quality of relations between Jews and non-Jews, despite or precisely because of the Holocaust trauma? How is the memory of the extermination of 6 million European Jews reflected in memorial events and literature, film, drama, and visual arts media? To what degree do European Jews feel as integrated people, as Europeans per see, and as safe citizens? An interdisciplinary team of historians, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, and literary theorists answers these questions for Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Germany. They show that the Holocaust has become an enduring topic in public among Jews and non-Jews. However, Jews in Europe work self-confidently on their future on the "old continent," new alliances, and in cooperation with a broad network of civil forces. Non-Jewish interest in Jewish history and the present has significantly increased over decades, and networks combatting anti-Semitism have strengthened. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Perceptions of the Holocaust in Slovak Historiography and Among the General Public after the Establishment of the Slovak Republic in 1993 Trivialization of the Holocaust? The Elements of Pop Culture in Holocaust Fiction and Film A New Era? Christian-Jewish Relations in Post-Cold War Europe A “Jewish Problem” or a “Society Problem”? Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism in Europe from Jewish and Governmental Perspectives Feeling “At Home” or Just Privileged Minorities? Perceptions of Jewish and Non-Jewish Respondents in Contemporary Budapest New Relations in the Making? Jews and Non-Jews in Germany Reflect on Shoah Memory, Unexpected Growing Jewish Pluralism, Israel, and New Antisemitism Ambivalence, Dilemmas, and Aporias of Contemporary Czech Jewish Lived Experience Jewish Experiences and New Encounters in Slovakia Jews in Poland: Between Cultural/Religious Renewal and New Uncertainties Afterword Bibliography About the Authors Index of Persons