Antisemitismus lesen lernen
Eine Handreichung zur deutschsprachigen Literatur vom 18. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart – für Unterricht, Studium und Kulturinstitutionen
Learning to Read Antisemitism – A Guide to German-Language Literature from the 18th Century to the Present – for Classrooms, Universities, and Cultural Institutions
The same categories of criticism and analysis cannot be applied to literary texts as to political or journalistic texts. Literature reveals more than its authors or the contexts in which it was created are aware of. It offers insights into the subtle and the quiet, the unsaid and the hidden. The status of art comes with both the obligation and the opportunity to understand and contextualize it using its own means. In this way, it is possible to uncover antisemitism as part of artistic works and thereby gain a better understanding of its manifestations and mechanisms in society.
Christoph Huber is deputy director of the office of the Bavarian State Government’s Commissioner for Anti-Semitism and serves as a policy advisor responsible for education and culture. He studied German, history, and philosophy to become a high school teacher in Regensburg and Clermont-Ferrand and subsequently held various positions in the school system and at the state ministry, including in political education and in teacher training for the German language.
Rahel Stennes is a literary scholar and works in the administrative office at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. She studied German philology, Jewish history, and anti-Semitism studies at the Free University of Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin. In 2025, she earned her doctorate from the University of Basel with a dissertation on German nationalism and anti-Semitism in the 19th century.
