Henryk Marcin Broder (born 20 August 1946), self-designation Henryk Modest Broder, is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and television personality. He was born into a

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family in

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, Poland. Broder is especially interested in '' Vergangenheitsbewältigung'',

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, and the

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. He sees a close relationship between German

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's policies and

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Career

Views

Ever since

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, Broder grew more and more critical of the German approach towards Israel, and what Broder sees as

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towards Islamic threats. In Broder's opinion,

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is in essence antisemitic. Broder is also associated with the blog ''

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'' and the

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movement.

Accusation of antisemitism

In 2006 a German court sentenced Broder to a term in prison after he had publicly accused anti-Zionists like the Dutch-German Jew Hajo Meyer and for their putative "capacities for applied Judeophobia" (''Kapazitäten für angewandte Judäophobie'') because they had compared the Israeli occupation policy to measures taken by the Nazis. On appeal, a court mostly cleared Broder, stating that there was no such thing as "Jewish anti-Semitism."

Reception

Broder's attitude is controversial. Stefan Niggemeier wrote in the context of right-wing populist statements: "Henryk M. Broder is also a victim of Thilo Sarrazin. For years he has been striving to become the republic's chief provocateur."

Works

* ''Wer hat Angst vor Pornographie? Ein Porno-Report'', Melzer, Darmstadt 1970 * As co-author: ''Die Schere im Kopf. Über Zensur und Selbstzensur'', Köln 1976 * ''Danke schön. Bis hierher und nicht weiter. Mit Beiträgen von Detlef Hartmann, Ulrich Klug, Uwe Maeffert, Ulrich Vultejus'', Konkret Literatur-Verlag, Hamburg 1980 * ''Der Ewige Antisemit. Über Sinn und Funktion eines beständigen Gefühls'', 1986 * ''Fremd im eigenen Land. Juden in der Bundesrepublik'', 1987 * ''Ich liebe Karstadt und andere Lobreden'', 1987 * with Geisel, Eike: ''Premiere und Pogrom. Der Jüdische Kulturbund 1933–1941. Texte und Bilder'', Siedler, Berlin 1992 * ''Erbarmen mit den Deutschen'', 1993 * ''Schöne Bescherung! Unterwegs im Neuen Deutschland'', 1994 * ''Volk und Wahn'', Goldmann, München 1996 * ''Die Juden von Mea Shearim'', 1997 * ''Die Irren von Zion'', Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1998 * ''Jedem das Seine'', Ölbaum Verlag 1999 * ''www.deutsche-leidkultur.de'', Ölbaum Verlag 1999 * ''Kein Krieg, nirgends: Die Deutschen und der Terror'', Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2002 * ''A Jew in the New Germany'',

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, Champaign, 2003 * ''Hurra, wir kapitulieren – Von der Lust am Einknicken'', wjs Verlag, 2006 * ''Kritik der reinen Toleranz'', wjs Verlag, Berlin 2008 * ''Vergesst Auschwitz! Der deutsche Erinnerungswahn und die Endlösung der Israel-Frage'', Albrecht Knaus Verlag, Munich 2012

Audio

* ''Ach So! Gad Granach und Henryk Broder on Tour'', CD, Ölbaum-Verlag, Augsburg 2000,

References

External links

Henryk Broder's page
at ''Die Achse des Guten''
Review: The last days of Europe, a lecture in Maastricht by Henryk Broder
28 February 2007

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