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Dieser Artikel widmet sich der Frage nach historischen Parallelen zum gegenwärtigen Krieg in der Ukraine. Es zeigt sich, dass die Suche nach Ähnlichkeiten in der Geschichte mit Vorsicht angegangen werden sollte. Schnellschüsse, die auf oberflächlich betrachteten scheinbaren Analogien beruhen, führen nicht weiter. Es ist zweifelhaft, ob das Putin-Regime wirklich einen Blitzkrieg anstrebte. Vergleiche mit einstigen angeblichen Blitzkriegsoperationen überzeugen nicht. Der sowjetische Winterkrieg 1940 gegen Finnland eignet sich ebenfalls nicht für einen Vergleich. Die extreme Gewalttätigkeit der russischen Kriegführung ist ein strukturelles Problem in der russisch-sowjetischen Militärgeschichte. Große Ähnlichkeiten bestehen allerdings mit der deutschen Geschichte von 1918 bis 1945 und der russischen Entwicklung seit 1991. In beiden Fällen sind Revisionismus und ideologisch motiviertes Weltmachtstreben zu konstatieren. This article asks for the merits of historical comparison concerning the current war in the Ukraine. In fact, caution is required when looking for analogies in history. It is not very helpful to stick to similarities on the surface of matters. It is doubtful whether the Putin-Regime ever intended to wage a "Blitzkrieg" against the Ukraine. Comparisons with alleged "Blitzkriege" in history are unconvincing. The Soviet war against Finland in winter 1940 was very different in character from the present war. The extreme brutality of Putin's war has always been a structural problem in Russian-Soviet military history. However, comparison is possible and necessary between developments in Russia since 1991 und Germany history from 1918 to 1945. In both cases, one finds revisionism and the ideologically motivated quest for world power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article traces the career of the West German jurist Manfred Roeder, who went from evangelicalism and resistance to left-wing Protestantism to become a central conservative-nationalistic actor against "perversion" and the "porn wave" in 1970. In his militant activism he rapidly left the Christian frame of reference; his path led him to antisemitism, historical revisionism, and right-wing terrorism. The study ofRoeder can serve as a probe into the social processes of negotiation for the liberalization of sexuality and thus fundamentally for the moral-ethical sovereignty of interpretation of the time, while also shedding light on the radicalization of conservative and rightwing Christian groups in reaction to the developments of 1968 / 69. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the resurgence of anti-Semitism in Croatia during the early 1990s. It discusses the normalization of anti-Semitic narratives intertwined with nationalist radicalization, revisionism, denial of the Holocaust, and the belief in a global Jewish conspiracy. It mentions Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) led by Franjo Tuđman played a significant role in affirming these positions, normalizing the NDH (Independent State of Croatia), and promoting revisionist tendencies, which gradually led to the acceptance of anti-Semitic rhetoric within Croatian society and political circles.

The article "Czech Republic and the War against Ukraine" describes the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its impact on the relationship between the Czech Republic and Russia. The author emphasizes that Russia has violated international norms with its actions and that Putin is willing to cross almost any civilizational boundary. The claim that the West promised in 1990 that NATO would not expand to the East is seen as strange from the Czech perspective. The relationship between the Czech Republic and Russia has deteriorated due to Russian historical revisionism and the rehabilitation of Stalin. The political relations between the two countries are described, with some Czech politicians expressing sympathy for Putin. However, economic relations have halved since the annexation of Crimea. The Czech government now supports Ukraine and seeks dialogue with Russia, while the population sees Russia as guilty. The Czech Republic rejects a German military leadership role and calls on Germany to provide heavy weapons to Ukraine to defend its sovereignty. [Extracted from the article]

German foreign policy is facing a turning point as many basic assumptions and constants of German foreign action have shifted. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has broken the principle of the immutability of borders and triggered a new arms race. The European security architecture is being discussed, while Russia and China are seen as motivated by revisionism. The shifting framework of foreign policy requires a re-conceptualization of German foreign policy, as Germany's vulnerability in terms of trade and supply has become evident. The maxim of supply security and competition for strategic resources will also change relationships outside of Europe. However, there have been no conceptual statements from the foreign policy apparatus yet. The article deals with Germany's national security strategy and the challenges that arise from it. It is pointed out that the strategy will likely be closely focused on military and defense policy aspects. There are concerns that geopolitical motives and securitization of foreign action could influence decisions. The tensions between a values-based foreign policy and securing the supply of resources are also highlighted. The authors argue that Germany needs to expand its foreign relations and tap into new power resources in order to meet the challenges of a changing international order. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on establishment of the Lajta Bánság, a paramilitary ephemeral state in what was later Burgenland was in many respects analogous with paramilitary state formations in Eastern Europe. It mentions similar ideology of militant nationalism that was combined with anti-Bolshevism and often very strong antisemitism and Hungarian revisionism did not disappear, but the area of Sopron did not have as great a symbolic importance as Transylvania. It also mentions social background of the participating soldiers, the methods of their recruitment and their political programme.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of 1917 many works have been republished, but new research is rare. The once fierce quarrel between totalitarianists and revisionists has dispersed and was replaced by a new consensual, all integrating narrative, including events, politicians, social structures and culture. Nobody questions any more that the "Great October" was a coup and not a revolution. A new trend in historiography is focusing on details, contingent events and contradictions, thus denying long believed causalities. So the social, political and economic situation is explained as background, but it was the war which caused the revolution. Convincing is Merridales history of space "Lenin's Train" and overwhelming to read is Slezkines apocalyptic saga of "The House of Government". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the autumn of 1986 Sheila Fitzpatrick sought to bring about a double paradigm shift in academic research on Stalinism. The social sciences were supposed to be succeeded by history, while the concept of totalitarianism was to be replaced by a social historical approach that claimed to understand Stalinism 'from below'. Instead of focusing on ideology, repression, and the state, Fitzpatrick inquired into the actual society, its subaltern strata and upward mobility, describing her agenda as 'revisionism'. Her essay New Perspectives on Stalinism in The Russian Review caused an ill-fated and highly emotional debate which became known as the controversy over revisionism. Historians of Stalinist politics, above all Peter Kenez, responded to Fitzpatrick by stressing how important it is to understand the Stalinist terror that came 'from above' for anyone wishing fully to comprehend the Soviet Union of the 1930s. This article aims to historicize the controversy over revisionism, its origins and outcomes in order to systematize assumptions, questions and arguments about the research on Stalinism which culminated in and emerged from the dispute. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the adoption of multiculturalism in the 1990s in Latin America, new intercultural policies and institutions for people considered as indigenous have been implemented. However, this phenomenon was possible through reconfigurations of political meanings of the past, in the field of contemporary issues of indigeneity, that now justify forms of governance of cultural diversity. Returning to the Mexican context and its frame in continental history, we will examine historiographical and political implications of these recent re-readings of the past. We will approach this issue by analyzing the tensions between historical revisionism of the indigenous movements of the 1990s and the formation of new modalities of official history favored by the emergence of an intercultural State policy which now operates in several levels. We will see the conflicting relations between the reappropriation of the past as a strategy of ethnic claims against its recovery as national heritage and ground of public policy and depoliticization mechanism of indigenous identities.

In the book "Turning Point: Putin's War and its Consequences," former German ambassador to Moscow, Rüdiger von Fritsch, analyzes the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its effects. Von Fritsch describes Putin as a prisoner of the authoritarian system that he himself promoted and emphasizes the significance of Putin's biographical imprint. The book outlines four possible scenarios for the outcome of the conflict and describes Putin's neo-imperialism, historical revisionism, and the perceived threat from NATO. It also discusses the impact of the conflict on hunger, migration, arms race, and the geopolitical situation. The book offers a blend of personal perspective and sober analysis, advocating for optimism in difficult times. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on an approach to colonial revisionism in Rheinland, Germany. It is argued that the Rheinland cities, especially the colonial metropolis of the West Cologne, played an active role in the colonial project of the German Reich from the outset. It discusses emergence of the German Colonial Society (DKG) as roofing and representative organization of the colonial movement in December 1887 in many towns and cities.

Another challenge for contemporary historians consists of widening the German perspective to the European context without becoming an apologist for the EU. This essay departs from the assertion that at present the Europeans possess only a rudimentary consciousness of a common past. Most contemporary historians still seem to do their research within a national framework, although many of their questions actually transcend it. This historical amnesia of the European dimension has is largely a result of the lack of a shared understanding of the twentieth century within which research results could be placed. As an alternative to an acclamatory history of integration, culminating in the Brussels institution, a critical perspective is necessary which takes seriously the immense suffering of wars, revolutions, and racial murder. The European memory deficit will only be overcome by the pluralization of narratives that makes space for different memories and acknowledges the mutually inflicted pain as a basis for a dedication to a better future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the conference "Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial – New Perspectives" held in Dublin, Ireland from November 18-19, 2010. Topics discussed included the phenomena of Holocaust Inversion (when the roles of the Nazi aggressors and the Jewish victims are represented as reversed), the influence of religion, culture, and economy over the antisemitism in Europe, and the antisemitism in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.

The article reports on the Kribibi-Seminar for librarians held May 15-17, 2009 in Vienna, Austria, dealing with publications of right-wing extremist groups and their attempts to revise history. The seminar took place in the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance Movement (DÖV), which preserves historical research about National Socialist persecution and resistance to it. Author Susanne Scholl whose writings deal with the National Socialist period took part in the discussions.

The article discusses connections between the welfare state and globalization. The authors discuss the globalization theory, which suggests that globalization has caused problems in the welfare state, while globalization sceptics contend that the welfare state crisis is not caused by globalization. Globalization revisionism suggests that globalization is caused by problems in the welfare state rather than the reverse. The authors discuss the emergence of globalization as a worldwide economic concern following the Cold War. The development of the three theories is discussed.