[The Shoah and the GDR. Jewish Experiences in Anti-Fascism?]

State-driven anti-fascism, it was assumed, left little room for divergent narratives. How, then, could Jewish experiences of persecution and anti-fascist convictions be negotiated and articulated under state-socialist conditions? What role did Jewish survivors in the GDR play in the cultural engagement with the Shoah and National Socialism? Drawing on private papers and personal documents, the lecture traces the options for action and motivations of primarily Jewish, and in isolated cases also non-Jewish, actors.