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appalachiablue

(41,047 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 10:11 AM Oct 2019

One In Four Germans Hold Anti- Semitic Beliefs, Study Finds

Source: DW

Anti-Semitism is gaining a stronger foothold in German society, the Sddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a new study from the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Out of the 1,300 Germans who took part in the representative survey, 27% agreed with a range of anti-Semitic statements and stereotypes about Jewish people.

Some 41% said they agreed with the statement that "Jews talk about the Holocaust too much." The same portion said they believed "Jews are more loyal to Israel than to Germany."

Over 20% of respondents said they agreed that Jewish people have "too much power" over the economy, international financial markets and the media. Another 22% agreed that "people hate Jews due to the way they behave."

The survey was carried out two months ago, prior to the anti-Semitic attack targeting a synagogue in the eastern German city of Halle...

Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/one-in-four-germans-hold-anti-semitic-beliefs-study-finds/a-50958589



Among 'elites,' hostility towards Jews is growing: according to the study, Anti-Semitism is also growing among the wealthy and well-educated. The WJC found that 18% of "elites" -- respondents with at least one university degree who make at least 100,000 ($111,300) per year -- agreed with anti-Semitic sentiments. Within that group, over a quarter said they believed Jewish people have "too much power over world politics" and the economy.

Read more: German groups combating far-right extremism face uncertain future

+ Resistance rises: While anti-Semitism is spreading in Germany, the study found that the readiness to combat it is also growing. Two thirds of "elites" said they would sign a petition against anti-Semitism, while a third of all the respondents said they were willing to take part in demonstrations against anti-Semitism.

The vast majority of respondents recognized there was a rise in hostile behavior toward Jewish people in Germany, with 65% saying that rise was tied to the success of "right-wing extremist parties." One in four respondents said it was possible that "something like the Holocaust could happen in Germany again."

Read more: German politicians slam right-wing populist AfD over rising anti-Semitism

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One In Four Germans Hold Anti- Semitic Beliefs, Study Finds (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 2019 OP
I'd be curious to know how those figures compare to how the questions would poll in the U.S. (n/t) thesquanderer Oct 2019 #1
One in four is 25% BlueIdaho Oct 2019 #2
It's as common on the Left as the Right. Codeine Oct 2019 #18
Yes & studies show that knowledge of the Holocaust is declining in the US, appalachiablue Oct 2019 #3
That's generally true. Igel Oct 2019 #23
This is fucking scary. It's Hitler 2.0. Initech Oct 2019 #4
Here's more news of anti-semitism & attacks posted in the JEWISH GROUP: appalachiablue Oct 2019 #11
That train is never late :( crazytown Oct 2019 #5
Yup nycbos Oct 2019 #8
Yep :( crazytown Oct 2019 #10
and the other 75% don't care COLGATE4 Oct 2019 #6
You mean one in four are willing to admit it. nycbos Oct 2019 #7
This is deeply disturbing and disgusting. What the hell is wrong with people? chowder66 Oct 2019 #9
Terrible; rise of anti Semitism & Holocaust ignorance here & in Europe: appalachiablue Oct 2019 #13
It's all so damn disgusting. Thanks for the article. chowder66 Oct 2019 #16
This is a loaded poll. SCVDem Oct 2019 #12
See #13 and #11 if you like. CNN did a poll last year that appalachiablue Oct 2019 #14
Maybe you haven't been following the trending JudyM Oct 2019 #15
A few years ago I felt like the percentages Codeine Oct 2019 #17
That was my first thought on seeing the thread title. MineralMan Oct 2019 #21
Most moved on... Behind the Aegis Oct 2019 #22
I suspect that one in four US residents also hold those repugnant beliefs. totodeinhere Oct 2019 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Oct 2019 #20

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
2. One in four is 25%
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 10:31 AM
Oct 2019

Sadly, I’ll bet the percentage is closer to 36% in the US. Why? That’s about Trump’s base.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
18. It's as common on the Left as the Right.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 12:06 PM
Oct 2019

Jew-hating is the great equalizer in the world of extreme politics, sadly. The Left can sometimes paper over it with the pretense that it’s an anti-Israel position, but dig down a bit and all too often there’s ugliness beneath the preaching.

appalachiablue

(41,047 posts)
3. Yes & studies show that knowledge of the Holocaust is declining in the US,
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 10:37 AM
Oct 2019

Canada and Europe especially among the young. Unbelievable.

- NYT, "The Holocaust Is Fading From Memory, Survey Finds," April 2018.

For seven decades, “never forget” has been a rallying cry of the Holocaust remembrance movement. But a survey released Thursday, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, found that many adults lack basic knowledge of what happened — and this lack of knowledge is more pronounced among millennials, whom the survey defined as people ages 18 to 34.

Thirty-one percent of Americans, and 41 percent of millennials, believe that two million or fewer Jews were killed in the Holocaust; the actual number is around six million. Forty-one percent of Americans, and 66 percent of millennials, cannot say what Auschwitz was. And 52 percent of Americans wrongly think Hitler came to power through force.

“As we get farther away from the actual events, 70-plus years now, it becomes less forefront of what people are talking about or thinking about or discussing or learning,” said Matthew Bronfman, a board member of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which commissioned the study. “If we wait another generation before you start trying to take remedial action, I think we’re really going to be behind the eight ball.”...https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/us/holocaust-education.html

Igel

(35,191 posts)
23. That's generally true.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 07:24 PM
Oct 2019

Few know about the deaths in the USSR or China. Most of the students I've talked to about it think that far more American soldiers died in Vietnam than any other war--and they're stunned to see the numbers from WWII, WWI, or the Civil War. I've had students, Korean-American and other, try to tell me that the Korean War was obviously due to American imperialism and we attacked Korea.

Even those who know about the Holocaust only get the "approved identity" version: They know about Jews/Roma/gays, not about Slavs that aren't gay. Over 12 million died, but I've had students tell me I was anti-Semitic for saying that anybody but the approved groups suffered: Victimization is somehow exclusive. A few object saying that if Poles were the victimizers, how could they be victims (perhaps because groups aren't monolithic, nor are people just good or just bad?).

It's like anything else: If it's not important, it's not remembered; if it's not remembered, it never happened.

nycbos

(6,033 posts)
7. You mean one in four are willing to admit it.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:01 AM
Oct 2019

The figure is probably higher.

Antisemitism is part of horseshoe politics. It exists on the far left and the far right.

chowder66

(9,010 posts)
9. This is deeply disturbing and disgusting. What the hell is wrong with people?
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:04 AM
Oct 2019

So some think that Jewish people "talk too much about the Holocaust" and yet these people still hold these views??? What part of that don't they get?

What fresh hell did their people (the respondents) go through? Who massacred their families, friends and neighbors? Do they see their own kind as having too much power? I highly fucking doubt it. And please, the way they behave? Look in the fucking mirror.

I'm fiercely angry about these jackasses. They all need mental help.

Shame on them and anyone who holds these views.

appalachiablue

(41,047 posts)
13. Terrible; rise of anti Semitism & Holocaust ignorance here & in Europe:
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:50 AM
Oct 2019

CNN Poll on Anti Semitism in Europe, Nov. 2018:

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/europe/antisemitism-poll-2018-intl/

(The poll also put a spotlight on European attitudes toward other minorities. While 10% of Europeans admitted they had unfavorable views of Jews, 16% said they had negative views of LGBT+ people, 36% said they had unfavorable views of immigrants, 37% said that about Muslims, and 39% said it of Romani people).

chowder66

(9,010 posts)
16. It's all so damn disgusting. Thanks for the article.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:59 AM
Oct 2019

They must hate themselves. Spending time thinking whole populations/races, etc are inferior must be a horrible way to exist.

Every time I think about these bigots, I feel dirty and depressed but mostly baffled.
It's hard to wrap my mind around how it is that we haven't eradicated this hatred of others.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
12. This is a loaded poll.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:26 AM
Oct 2019

You could insert ANY ethnic group in there and get similar responses.

I question if the answers were a "Hell Yeah! or a "Eh? Yeah" in a give a damn way.

appalachiablue

(41,047 posts)
14. See #13 and #11 if you like. CNN did a poll last year that
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:54 AM
Oct 2019

used similar questions and also asked about other minority groups.

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
15. Maybe you haven't been following the trending
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:59 AM
Oct 2019

in both the responses to other surveys as well as in actual violence being perpetrated against Jewish people in the past couple of years...?

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
17. A few years ago I felt like the percentages
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 12:03 PM
Oct 2019

were similar for DU posters. Luckily that shit has been stomped out pretty ruthlessly.

I think it’s safe to say we probably have about the same proportion of anti-Semitic beliefs here in America, and not only on the far Right. It definitely pops up in the radical activist demographic.

MineralMan

(146,189 posts)
21. That was my first thought on seeing the thread title.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 02:45 PM
Oct 2019

I'll bet about 25% of Americans hold similar views.

Behind the Aegis

(53,823 posts)
22. Most moved on...
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 04:37 PM
Oct 2019

...a few were removed, but not for their years of anti-Semitism. Those remaining have little support so they can't be as obvious.

According to a survey by the ADL, the number is 10%, but that is from four years ago. In regards to Germany, in 2014, it was 27%, and that dropped to 16% in 2015. Reading the article, it looks as if some of the same questions were asked.

And, as you state, it isn't just the right which is the problem with anti-Semitic attitudes. I would be interested if someone, anyone, would start to break down these results by party/political affiliation. Frankly, I think those numbers might "woke" some people from their slumber.

totodeinhere

(13,034 posts)
19. I suspect that one in four US residents also hold those repugnant beliefs.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 01:09 PM
Oct 2019

We live in a frightening period of time and I'm afraid it will only get worse.

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