Eike Geisel
Encyclopedia
Eike Geisel was a journalist and essayist in Germany
and Israel
.
in Frankfurter Rundschau
(taz
had not accepted the article) as „Antisemitische Rohkost“ (antisemitic raw food) stopped the German publishing of the translated book 1986. Geisel published among others in Haaretz
, an interview with Tom Segev
about Israel's founding fathers led to controversy in Israel as well. Background was a controversial stance about Ben Gurion
.
Eike Geisel has translated some of the work of Hannah Arendt
, essays about Zionism
, Palestine and Germany into German. Together with Henryk Broder
he has had published essays and a documentary film about Jüdischer Kulturbund
(Jewish Cultural Union), a before unknown chapter of Jewish German cultural life during the Nazi era. A project about Jewish revenge, planned attacks against Nazis in the postwar era, was not finished when Geisel died.
For Geisel reconciliation and understanding efforts towards the former victims of the Holocaust were simply impossible.
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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Controversial essays and works in cultural history
His essays, studies and polemics led to controversies. A characterization of the book EYE FOR AN EYE of John SackJohn Sack
John Sack was an American literary journalist and war correspondent. He was the only journalist to cover each American war over half a century.-Biography:...
in Frankfurter Rundschau
Frankfurter Rundschau
The Frankfurter Rundschau is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. It is published every day but Sunday as a city, two regional and one nationwide issues and offers an online edition as well as an e-paper...
(taz
Die tageszeitung
die tageszeitung , was founded in 1978 in Berlin. It is a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper which is administrated by a workers' self-management...
had not accepted the article) as „Antisemitische Rohkost“ (antisemitic raw food) stopped the German publishing of the translated book 1986. Geisel published among others in Haaretz
Haaretz
Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
, an interview with Tom Segev
Tom Segev
Tom Segev is an Israeli historian, author and journalist. He is associated with Israel's so-called New Historians, a group challenging many of the country's traditional narratives.-Early life:Segev was born in Jerusalem in 1945...
about Israel's founding fathers led to controversy in Israel as well. Background was a controversial stance about Ben Gurion
Ben Gurion
Ben Gurion can refer to the following persons:* Nicodemus ben Gurion, a Biblical figure, probably a rich Jewish member of the Sanhedrin that felt sympathetic to Jesus Christ...
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Eike Geisel has translated some of the work of Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German American political theorist. She has often been described as a philosopher, although she refused that label on the grounds that philosophy is concerned with "man in the singular." She described herself instead as a political theorist because her work centers on the fact...
, essays about Zionism
Zionism
Zionism is a Jewish political movement that, in its broadest sense, has supported the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state...
, Palestine and Germany into German. Together with Henryk Broder
Henryk Broder
Henryk Modest Broder is a Polish born German journalist and author.Broder is known for polemics, columns and comments in written and oral media. Broder wrote for the magazine Der Spiegel as well as its online version and the daily Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. Since 2010 he writes for Die Welt...
he has had published essays and a documentary film about Jüdischer Kulturbund
Jüdischer Kulturbund
Jüdischer Kulturbund, or Der Jüdische Kulturbund, was a Cultural Federation of German Jews, established in 1933...
(Jewish Cultural Union), a before unknown chapter of Jewish German cultural life during the Nazi era. A project about Jewish revenge, planned attacks against Nazis in the postwar era, was not finished when Geisel died.
For Geisel reconciliation and understanding efforts towards the former victims of the Holocaust were simply impossible.
.
Books
- Vielleicht war das alles erst der Anfang. Tagebuch aus dem KZ Bergen- Belsen. 1944 - 1945 mit Hanna Levy-Hass; Rotbuch Verlag 1979
- Im Scheunenviertel. Bilder, Texte und Dokumente, mit Günter KunertGünter KunertGünter Kunert is a German writer who left the German Democratic Republic to live in the Federal Republic of Germany ....
, Siedler Verlag 1986) - Lastenausgleich, Umschuldung. Die Wiedergutwerdung der Deutschen. Essays, Polemiken, Stichworte; Taschenbuch 1984
- Das Ende Israels? Nahostkonflikt und Geschichte des Zionismus mit Nathan Weinstock und Mario Offenberg; Wagenbach 1985
- Essays und Kommentare 2. Die Krise des Zionismus von Hannah Arendt, mit Klaus Bittermann; Edition Tiamat 1989
- Premiere und Pogrom. Der Jüdische Kulturbund 1933–1941, mit Henryk M. Broder; Siedler, Berlin 1992 ISBN 3-88680-343-0
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