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“Staged reconciliation: German politicians visiting Israel in the Post-War Era” With Dr. Hestermann
September 14, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Please join the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies on **Wednesday, September
14, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET** , for a talk with (http://www.hfjs.eu//university/bengurion/interim.html).
This event will be held in person at The Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies’
Reading Room (2155 Guy St, Suite 740, Montreal, Quebec H3H 2L9). For those who
can’t make it in person there will also be an option to join via Zoom.
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** _About the talk:_**
“Since the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s politicians from the Federal
Republic of Germany undertook ‘private pilgrimages‘ to Israel and framed
themselves as representatives of a morally renewed Germany.
While the Israeli government kept insisting on financial reparations also
beyond the Luxembourg agreement (1952), the German side pushed for so-called
‘normalization‘ of the bilateral relations, especially after the establishment
of diplomatic relations (1965).
My talk will highlight some of the rhetorics of ‘moral’ and ‘reconciliation‘
surrounding these official and private visits, while arguing that behind the
scenes both sides had highly pragmatic reasons for the project of
rapprochement after the Second World War.”
** _Biography:_**
Dr. Jenny Hestermann is the current interim Ben-Gurion Chair for Israel and
Middle East Studies at the (https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/study/all-subjects/jewish-studies),
Germany. She has published broadly on German-Israeli relations, most
significantly her PhD as her first book, titled (https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Jenny-Hestermann/dp/3593506157)
Jenny was a Visiting Fellow at the (https://en.huji.ac.il/en) between 2010 and 2013, and after her PhD
has held positions in Frankfurt, Florence and Potsdam. Beyond German-Israeli
relations she has also taught and lectured on contemporary Israeli history, on
the Israeli-palestinian conflict and on visions of Europe in Israel.
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