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The Radical Right in Germany, 1945-2000
Antisemitism and Right-Wing ExtremismProject Leaders: Prof. Dr. Frank Bösch (ZZF Potsdam), Prof. Dr. Gideon Botsch (MMZ Potsdam)
Duration: 2021-2027
Funding: Volkswagen Foundation; with additional support by the Hans Böckler Foundation for three doctoral students.
The research project is dedicated to the history of the radical right in both parts of Germany in the second half of the 20th century. The aim is to analyze their development comprehensively and with archival support, also on the basis of sources that have not yet been made accessible, in a contextualized manner from a contemporary historical perspective.
The focus is on the overarching question of the social practices through which the generational transformation of the radical right in Germany took place - from the actors socialized under National Socialism to the cohorts that grew up under democracy and the SED dictatorship and that have set the tone since the 1970s.
This change will be investigated in various subprojects with socio-historical approaches and actor-oriented perspectives. The focus will be on ideological and organizational formations, cultural and lifeworld practices, and, not least, forms of violence of the radical right and its relations to state and society.