German collective guilt

German collective guilt (German: Kollektivschuld) refers to the notion of a collective guilt attributed to Germany and its people for perpetrating the Holocaust and other atrocities in World War II.^[2]^[3]

^ Beattie, Andrew H. (2019). Allied Internment Camps in Occupied Germany: Extrajudicial Detention in the Name of Denazification, 1945–1950. Cambridge University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-108-48763-4.
^ Rensmann, Lars (6 September 2004). "10 - Collective Guilt, National Identity, and Political Processes in Contemporary Germany". In Nyla R. Branscombe; Bertjan Doosje (eds.). Collective Guilt: International Perspectives. Studies in emotion and social interaction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 169–190. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139106931.012. ISBN 978-0-521-52083-6. OCLC 783204942. The Holocaust against the Jews of Europe is internationally recognized as a modern genocide that changed the world. It has become a universal moral paradigm in democratic societies and continues to have a significant impact on world politics and international law. Its remembrance provides an ethical background for democratic decision-making and its institutionalization today. In Germany, the memory and legacy of this past has special implications. The much-lamented burden of guilt has been influential in post-Holocaust German society; Germany's national guilt has deeply affected both collective memory and national identity since the end of the war. ... Germany, therefore, provides a central arena for analyzing the impact of collective guilt.
^ Muskat, Jörg (20 August 2015). Kollektivschuld am Holocaust. Warum das deutsche Volk eine moralische Gesamthaftung an den NS-Verbrechen trifft [Collective guilt in the Holocaust: Why the German People Have a Collective Moral Liability for the Nazi Crimes]. GRIN Verlag. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-668-03308-5. OCLC 929998010. Es gibt eine deutsche Kollektivschuld für den Holocaust. [There is a German collective guilt for the Holocaust.]

[1] Beattie, Andrew H. (2019). Allied Internment Camps in Occupied Germany: Extrajudicial Detention in the Name of Denazification, 1945–1950. Cambridge University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-108-48763-4.

[Rensmann-2004-2] Rensmann, Lars (6 September 2004). "10 - Collective Guilt, National Identity, and Political Processes in Contemporary Germany". In Nyla R. Branscombe; Bertjan Doosje (eds.). Collective Guilt: International Perspectives. Studies in emotion and social interaction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 169–190. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139106931.012. ISBN 978-0-521-52083-6. OCLC 783204942. The Holocaust against the Jews of Europe is internationally recognized as a modern genocide that changed the world. It has become a universal moral paradigm in democratic societies and continues to have a significant impact on world politics and international law. Its remembrance provides an ethical background for democratic decision-making and its institutionalization today. In Germany, the memory and legacy of this past has special implications. The much-lamented burden of guilt has been influential in post-Holocaust German society; Germany's national guilt has deeply affected both collective memory and national identity since the end of the war. ... Germany, therefore, provides a central arena for analyzing the impact of collective guilt.

[Muskat-2015-3] Muskat, Jörg (20 August 2015). Kollektivschuld am Holocaust. Warum das deutsche Volk eine moralische Gesamthaftung an den NS-Verbrechen trifft [Collective guilt in the Holocaust: Why the German People Have a Collective Moral Liability for the Nazi Crimes]. GRIN Verlag. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-668-03308-5. OCLC 929998010. Es gibt eine deutsche Kollektivschuld für den Holocaust. [There is a German collective guilt for the Holocaust.]

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