Note: This episode was recorded on March 3, 2022 so any reference to political events are from that time.
Professor Jeffrey is distinguished professor of history at the University of Maryland. He is the author of numerous books on Germany as well as Israel, including Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967-1989, and his latest Israel’s Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949 which was published on April 14th, the release date of this episode. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:
Putin’s Continuities: From ‘Israelis as Nazis’ to ‘Denazifying’ Ukraine (Times of Israel)
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
Reactionary Modernism: Technology, Culture, and Politics in Weimar and the Third Reich
Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left, 1967–1989