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'''Henryk Marcin Broder''' (born 20 August 1946, self-designation '''Henryk Modest Broder''') is a Polish-born German [[journalist]], author, and TV personality.
'''Henryk Marcin Broder''' (born 20 August 1946), self-designation '''Henryk Modest Broder''', is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and television personality. He was born into a Jewish family in Katowice, Poland.


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Broder is especially interested in ''[[Vergangenheitsbewältigung]]'', [[Islam]], [[Israel]], and the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]. He sees a close relationship between German [[criticism of Israel]]'s policies and [[antisemitism]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/antisemitismusstreit-verschleierung-als-methode-1680791.html |title=Verschleierung als Methode |first=Alfred |last=Grosser |newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] |date=1 September 2008 |language=de}}</ref>
Broder is known for [[polemic]]s, columns, and comments in written and audiovisual media. He wrote for the magazine ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', as well as its online version and the daily Berlin newspaper ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]''. Since 2010, he has been writing for ''[[Die Welt]]''. He is co-editor of ''{{Lang|de|Der Jüdische Kalender}}'' (The Jewish calendar), a compilation of quotes and texts relating to [[German Jewish]] culture, published annually. Besides his numerous publications, he appears as a frequent guest on German TV talk shows. In 2010 and 2011, he produced and starred, alongside Egyptian-German writer and political scientist [[Hamed Abdel-Samad]], in the satirical TV series ''{{ill|Entweder Broder|de}} – Die Deutschland-Safari'' (a wordplay on "entweder/oder", German for "either/or", "Either Broder – The Germany Safari") on [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]].


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== Views ==
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Broder is especially interested in [[Vergangenheitsbewältigung]], [[Islam]], [[Israel]], and the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]. He sees a close relationship between German [[criticism of Israel]]'s policies and [[Antisemitism]], a view criticized by, among others, the French-German columnist [[Alfred Grosser]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/antisemitismusstreit-verschleierung-als-methode-1680791.html |title=Verschleierung als Methode |first=Alfred |last=Grosser |newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] |date=1 September 2008 |language=de}}</ref>
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Ever since [[Operation Entebbe]], Broder grew more and more critical of the German approach towards Israel, and what Broder sees as [[appeasement]] towards Islamic threats. In Broder's opinion, [[anti-Zionism]] is in essence antisemitic.<ref>[http://www.hagalil.com/archiv/2006/07/selbsthass.htm Wir sind alle traumatisiert] (We all are traumatised): "Der Antizionismus ist für Nichtjuden wie für Juden nur eine Ausrede, ihren Antisemitismus sozusagen in einer politisch aseptischen Form präsentieren zu können. Kein Mensch geht hin und sagt: Ich bin Antisemit. Es gibt keinen Antizionismus, der seinen Ursprung nicht im Antisemitismus hätte ...Dass in einer aufgeklärten Diskussion alle Positionen vertreten werden können, ist selbstverständlich. Kritik an Israel ist vollkommen selbstverständlich." (Antizionism is for Jews and non-Jews just a pretext to present antisemitism in a political aseptical version. Nobody just comes around saying "I am an antisemite." There is no Antizionism which doesn't have its origin in antisemitism [...] It's a matter of course that in an enlightened argument any position can be held. [[Criticism of Israel]] is a matter of course.)</ref>


Broder is also associated with the blog ''[[Politically Incorrect (blog)|Politically Incorrect]]'' and the [[counter-jihad]] movement.<ref>{{cite book|title=Das Fanal von Wangen: Der Schweizer Minarettdiskurs - Ursachen und Folgen|first=Oliver|last=Wäckerlig|year=2014|page=88|publisher=Akademikerverlag|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260115101|isbn=978-3-639-49757-1}}</ref>
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== Life ==


== Accusation of antisemitism ==
Born in [[Katowice]], [[Silesia]], Poland, Broder moved to [[Cologne]] with his family in 1958. Both of his parents were survivors of Nazi death camps. In Cologne, he studied [[economics]], [[law]] and [[psychology]] but failed to graduate. Together with fellow student and nascent writer {{ill|Fred Viebahn|de}}, whom he had known since high school times, he founded and edited two short-lived radically liberal quarterlies ("PoPoPo" and "Bubu/Eiapopeyea"). In the late 1960s he took over the ''{{ill|St. Pauli-Nachrichten|de}}'' together with the journalist Michel Roger Lang, a then highly successful tabloid newspaper in [[Hamburg]], along with [[Günter Wallraff]], [[Stefan Aust]] and the photographer {{ill|Günter Zint|de}}, in order to agitate the working class of the city with a combination of leftist articles, nude photography and lonely hearts ads.
In 2006 a German court sentenced Broder to a term in prison after he had publicly accused anti-Zionists like the Dutch-German Jew [[Hajo Meyer]] and {{ill|Abraham Melzer|de}} for their putative "capacities for applied [[Judeophobia]]" (''Kapazitäten für angewandte Judäophobie'') because they had compared the Israeli occupation policy to measures taken by the Nazis.<ref>Hannes Stein, [https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article189802/Wer-ist-Antisemit-Henryk-M-Broder-und-Hajo-Meyer-vor-Gericht.html 'Wer ist Antisemit? Henryk M. Broder und Hajo Meyer vor Gericht,'] [[Die Welt]] 10 January.2006</ref><ref>[https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/urteil-broder-darf-verleger-keine-judenfeindlichkeit-unterstellen-1302166.html 'Broder darf Verleger keine Judenfeindlichkeit unterstellen,'] [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] 27 January 2006.</ref> On appeal, a court mostly cleared Broder, stating that there was no such thing as "Jewish anti-Semitism."<ref>Yves Pallade, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/25834824 ' "New" Anti-Semitism in contemporary German academic,'] [[Jewish Political Studies Review]], Vol. 21, No. 1/2 (Spring 2009), pp. 33-62 op.39</ref>


== Reception ==
In the 1970s, he wrote for the [[satire|satirical]] magazine ''[[Pardon (magazine)|Pardon]]''. From 1979 to 1981 he published, together with fellow journalist {{ill|Peter Finkelgruen|de}}, the periodical "Freie Jüdische Stimme" ("Free Jewish Voice"). In 1981, he left Germany to work in [[Israel]] for a while, but continued to write for high-level [[periodical]]s as ''[[Die Zeit]]'', ''[[Profil (magazine)|Profil]]'', ''[[Die Weltwoche]]'', and ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]''. In the 1980s he also hosted the television talk-show ''Leute'', along with [[Elke Heidenreich]], which ran on [[Sender Freies Berlin]]; one of their guests was African-American poet [[Rita Dove]], who had just won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and is married to Fred Viebahn, Broder's old friend from Cologne.
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[[File:Boerne-preis-2007-ffm010.jpg|thumb|Broder receiving the 2007 [[Ludwig-Börne-Preis]]]]

Broders attitude is controversial. Stefan Niggemeier wrote in the context of right-wing populist statements: "Henryk M. Broder is also a victim of [[Thilo Sarrazin]]. For years he has been striving to become the republic's chief provocateur."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Henryk M. Broder – Stefan Niggemeier|date=5 September 2010 |url=http://www.stefan-niggemeier.de/blog/10041/henryk-m-broder/|access-date=2022-02-14|language=de-DE}}</ref>
Broder wrote a series of books which dealt with the relationship between Germans and Jews, respectively the growing German Jewish community. Together with [[Eike Geisel]], Broder published essays, books and a documentary about the Jüdischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Union), a previously unknown chapter of Jewish German cultural life during the Third Reich. He wrote books about foreign policy with special regard to Israel, Islam and the growing German Jewish community.

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Ever since [[Operation Entebbe]], Broder grew more and more critical of the German approach towards Israel, and what Broder sees as [[appeasement]] towards Islamic threats. In Broder's opinion, [[Anti-Zionism]] is in essence anti-Semitic.<ref>[http://www.hagalil.com/archiv/2006/07/selbsthass.htm Wir sind alle traumatisiert] (We all are traumatised): "Der Antizionismus ist für Nichtjuden wie für Juden nur eine Ausrede, ihren Antisemitismus sozusagen in einer politisch aseptischen Form präsentieren zu können. Kein Mensch geht hin und sagt: Ich bin Antisemit. Es gibt keinen Antizionismus, der seinen Ursprung nicht im Antisemitismus hätte ...Dass in einer aufgeklärten Diskussion alle Positionen vertreten werden können, ist selbstverständlich. Kritik an Israel ist vollkommen selbstverständlich." (Antizionism is for Jews and non-Jews just a pretext to present antisemitism in a political aseptical version. Nobody just comes around saying "I am an antisemite." There is no Antizionism which doesn't have its origin in antisemitism [...] It's a matter of course that in an enlightened argument any position can be held. [[Criticism of Israel]] is a matter of course.)</ref>

Broder's trademark is his polemical, blunt, and quick-witted style. He publishes hate mail and heated exchanges between him and critics on his website. The result of some of Broder's polemics were a series of lawsuits, some won and some lost by him. Many of Broder's writings for outlets such as spiegel.de and welt.de are archived at the ''[[Die Achse des Guten|Achse des Guten]]'' blog, which he, together with two other prominent German journalists, operates as a collaborative platform for the unfettered expression of about two dozen of his colleagues.

Broder is married to a publisher, and they have a grown daughter. He lives in Berlin.

== Awards ==
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[[File:Boerne-preis-2007-ffm010.jpg|thumb|Broder receiving the 2007 Ludwig-Börne-Preis]]
* 1986 Preis des 5. International Publizistikwettbewerbs Klagenfurt
* 2005 [[Schubart-Literaturpreis]]
* 2007 {{ill|Goldener Prometheus|de|Goldener Prometheus (Journalistenpreis)}} for Broder's online journalism, especially the way he treated the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]
* 2007 [[Ludwig-Börne-Preis]]


== Works ==
== Works ==
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* ''Fremd im eigenen Land. Juden in der Bundesrepublik'', 1987
* ''Fremd im eigenen Land. Juden in der Bundesrepublik'', 1987
* ''Ich liebe Karstadt und andere Lobreden'', 1987
* ''Ich liebe Karstadt und andere Lobreden'', 1987
* with [[Eike Geisel|Geisel, Eike]]: ''Premiere und Pogrom. Der Jüdische Kulturbund 1933–1941. Texte und Bilder'', Siedler, Berlin 1992 {{ISBN|3-88680-343-0}}
* with [[Eike Geisel|Geisel, Eike]]: ''Premiere und Pogrom. Der Jüdische Kulturbund 1933–1941. Texte und Bilder'', Siedler, Berlin 1992
* ''Erbarmen mit den Deutschen'', 1993
* ''Erbarmen mit den Deutschen'', 1993
* ''Schöne Bescherung! Unterwegs im Neuen Deutschland'', 1994
* ''Schöne Bescherung! Unterwegs im Neuen Deutschland'', 1994
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=== Audio ===
=== Audio ===
* ''Ach So! Gad Granach und Henryk Broder on Tour'', CD, Ölbaum-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, {{ISBN|3-927217-40-9}}
* ''Ach So! Gad Granach und Henryk Broder on Tour'', CD, Ölbaum-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, {{ISBN|3-927217-40-9}}

== See also ==
* [[Evelyn Hecht-Galinski]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.henryk-broder.de/startseite/startseite.html Henryk Broder's official homepage], {{de icon}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100430172702/http://www.achgut.com/dadgdx/index.php/author/mbroder Henryk Broder's page] at ''Die Achse des Guten''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100430172702/http://www.achgut.com/dadgdx/index.php/author/mbroder Henryk Broder's page] at ''Die Achse des Guten''
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Henryk-M-Broder/27781289850 Henryk Broder unofficial Facebook fan page]
* [http://crossroads.journalismcentre.com/2007/review-the-last-days-of-europe-a-lecture-in-maastricht-by-german-journalist-and-writer-henryk-broder/ Review: The last days of Europe, a lecture in Maastricht by Henryk Broder], 28 February 2007
* [http://crossroads.journalismcentre.com/2007/review-the-last-days-of-europe-a-lecture-in-maastricht-by-german-journalist-and-writer-henryk-broder/ Review: The last days of Europe, a lecture in Maastricht by Henryk Broder], 28 February 2007
*[http://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~E6120A6560BB94FCBB91B5686F14BA1BC~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Broder's speech] at the 2007 Ludwig-Börne-Preis {{de icon}}
*[https://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~E6120A6560BB94FCBB91B5686F14BA1BC~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Broder's speech] at the 2007 Ludwig-Börne-Preis {{in lang|de}}


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Latest revision as of 12:31, 15 October 2024

Henryk M. Broder
Broder on 25 September 2013
Born
Henryk Marcin Broder

(1946-08-20) 20 August 1946 (age 78)
Katowice, Poland
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Journalist, author

Henryk Marcin Broder (born 20 August 1946), self-designation Henryk Modest Broder, is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and television personality. He was born into a Jewish family in Katowice, Poland.

Broder is especially interested in Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Islam, Israel, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He sees a close relationship between German criticism of Israel's policies and antisemitism.[1]

Views

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Ever since Operation Entebbe, Broder grew more and more critical of the German approach towards Israel, and what Broder sees as appeasement towards Islamic threats. In Broder's opinion, anti-Zionism is in essence antisemitic.[2]

Broder is also associated with the blog Politically Incorrect and the counter-jihad movement.[3]

Accusation of antisemitism

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In 2006 a German court sentenced Broder to a term in prison after he had publicly accused anti-Zionists like the Dutch-German Jew Hajo Meyer and Abraham Melzer [de] for their putative "capacities for applied Judeophobia" (Kapazitäten für angewandte Judäophobie) because they had compared the Israeli occupation policy to measures taken by the Nazis.[4][5] On appeal, a court mostly cleared Broder, stating that there was no such thing as "Jewish anti-Semitism."[6]

Reception

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Broder receiving the 2007 Ludwig-Börne-Preis

Broders attitude is controversial. Stefan Niggemeier wrote in the context of right-wing populist statements: "Henryk M. Broder is also a victim of Thilo Sarrazin. For years he has been striving to become the republic's chief provocateur."[7]

Works

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  • Wer hat Angst vor Pornographie? Ein Porno-Report, Melzer, Darmstadt 1970
  • As co-author: Die Schere im Kopf. Über Zensur und Selbstzensur, Köln 1976
  • Danke schön. Bis hierher und nicht weiter. Mit Beiträgen von Detlef Hartmann, Ulrich Klug, Uwe Maeffert, Ulrich Vultejus, Konkret Literatur-Verlag, Hamburg 1980
  • Der Ewige Antisemit. Über Sinn und Funktion eines beständigen Gefühls, 1986
  • Fremd im eigenen Land. Juden in der Bundesrepublik, 1987
  • Ich liebe Karstadt und andere Lobreden, 1987
  • with Geisel, Eike: Premiere und Pogrom. Der Jüdische Kulturbund 1933–1941. Texte und Bilder, Siedler, Berlin 1992
  • Erbarmen mit den Deutschen, 1993
  • Schöne Bescherung! Unterwegs im Neuen Deutschland, 1994
  • Volk und Wahn, Goldmann, München 1996
  • Die Juden von Mea Shearim, 1997
  • Die Irren von Zion, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1998
  • Jedem das Seine, Ölbaum Verlag 1999
  • www.deutsche-leidkultur.de, Ölbaum Verlag 1999
  • Kein Krieg, nirgends: Die Deutschen und der Terror, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2002
  • A Jew in the New Germany, University of Illinois Press, Champaign, 2003
  • Hurra, wir kapitulieren – Von der Lust am Einknicken, wjs Verlag, 2006
  • Kritik der reinen Toleranz, wjs Verlag, Berlin 2008
  • Vergesst Auschwitz! Der deutsche Erinnerungswahn und die Endlösung der Israel-Frage, Albrecht Knaus Verlag, Munich 2012

Audio

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  • Ach So! Gad Granach und Henryk Broder on Tour, CD, Ölbaum-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-927217-40-9

References

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  1. ^ Grosser, Alfred (1 September 2008). "Verschleierung als Methode". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).
  2. ^ Wir sind alle traumatisiert (We all are traumatised): "Der Antizionismus ist für Nichtjuden wie für Juden nur eine Ausrede, ihren Antisemitismus sozusagen in einer politisch aseptischen Form präsentieren zu können. Kein Mensch geht hin und sagt: Ich bin Antisemit. Es gibt keinen Antizionismus, der seinen Ursprung nicht im Antisemitismus hätte ...Dass in einer aufgeklärten Diskussion alle Positionen vertreten werden können, ist selbstverständlich. Kritik an Israel ist vollkommen selbstverständlich." (Antizionism is for Jews and non-Jews just a pretext to present antisemitism in a political aseptical version. Nobody just comes around saying "I am an antisemite." There is no Antizionism which doesn't have its origin in antisemitism [...] It's a matter of course that in an enlightened argument any position can be held. Criticism of Israel is a matter of course.)
  3. ^ Wäckerlig, Oliver (2014). Das Fanal von Wangen: Der Schweizer Minarettdiskurs - Ursachen und Folgen. Akademikerverlag. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-639-49757-1.
  4. ^ Hannes Stein, 'Wer ist Antisemit? Henryk M. Broder und Hajo Meyer vor Gericht,' Die Welt 10 January.2006
  5. ^ 'Broder darf Verleger keine Judenfeindlichkeit unterstellen,' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 27 January 2006.
  6. ^ Yves Pallade, ' "New" Anti-Semitism in contemporary German academic,' Jewish Political Studies Review, Vol. 21, No. 1/2 (Spring 2009), pp. 33-62 op.39
  7. ^ "Henryk M. Broder – Stefan Niggemeier" (in German). 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
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