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Does Germany Follow a ‘Special Path’?

The Image of German History in the New Israeli Textbooks (1990–2000)

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Abstract

The last decade of the twentieth century and the start of the next millennium have introduced widespread changes in many areas of life. Curricula and textbooks are generally thought to be a field which changes after great delay and then only gradually. ‘Case study’ about Germany will allow us to check the matter through a comparison with textbooks from previous years. But first a few preliminary remarks and a presentation of the central questions to be discussed:

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Niederland, D. (2002). Does Germany Follow a ‘Special Path’?. In: Berger, S., Brocke, M., Zwiep, I. (eds) Zutot 2001. Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3730-2_27

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