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Michael Wolffsohn giving a lecture to Initiative Hauptstadt e.V. on 4 July 2007 in Berlin Michael Wolffsohn (May 17, 1947-) is an Israeli-born German historian.1Wolffsohn was born in Tel Aviv , in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine and today is Israel . His parents were German Jews who fled in 1939. In 1954, the Wolffsohns moved to Germany , settling in West Berlin . In 1966, Wolffsohn began his studies at the Free University of Berlin , obtaining a PhD in History in 1975. From 1967 to 1970, Wolffsohn served in the Israeli Defence Forces . From 1975 until 1980, Wolffsohn taught at the University of the Saarland . Since 1981, Wolffsohn has served as a professor at the Bundeswehr University of Munich as a professor in Contemporary History. Wolffsohn’s major interests are Israeli history , international relations , and German Jewish history . Wolffsohn’s has argued in favor of German patriotism , and has claimed that the crimes of National Socialism represent no reason why modern Germans can not be proud of their country. In his book Eternal Guilt? (1993), Wolffsohn argued against the idea of Germans having to bear guilt for the Holocaust for all time. Wolffsohn has strongly supported Israel and has argued for greater Western understanding and support of the Jewish state in face of what Wolffsohn regards as fanatical Islamic extremism . Likewise, Wolffsohn has supported the War on Terror and the administration of George W. In May 2005, Wolffsohn was a leading critic of the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , Franz Müntefering , who compared a group of American capitalists attempting to purchase a German company to a “plague of locusts”. Wolffsohn noted that the capitalists being criticized in question were Jewish, and that the Nazis had often compared Jews to locusts, and labeled Müntefering an anti-Semitic . Wolffsohn wrote that as a grandson of Holocaust survivors, he was grateful for the Americans for liberating his grandparents and that as a German Jew he felt deep shame over increasing German anti-Americanism . More recently, Wolffsohn has been a leading critic of the novelist Günter Grass over his disclosure about his membership in the Waffen-SS during World War II .2
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Wolffsohn was born in Tel Aviv , in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine and today is Israel . His parents were German Jews who fled in 1939. In 1954, the Wolffsohns moved to Germany , settling in West Berlin . In 1966, Wolffsohn began his studies at the Free University of Berlin , obtaining a PhD in History in 1975. From 1967 to 1970, Wolffsohn served in the Israeli Defence Forces . From 1975 until 1980, Wolffsohn taught at the University of the Saarland . Since 1981, Wolffsohn has served as a professor at the Bundeswehr University Munich as a professor in Contemporary History. His major interests are Israeli history , international relations , and German Jewish history . Wolffsohn has argued in favor of German patriotism and has claimed that the crimes of National Socialism represent no reason why modern Germans cannot be proud of their country. In his book Eternal Guilt? (1993), he argued against the idea of Germans having to bear guilt for the Holocaust for all time. Wolffsohn has strongly supported Israel and has argued for greater Western understanding and support of the Jewish state in face of what Wolffsohn regards as fanatical Islamic extremism . Likewise, Wolffsohn has supported the War on Terror and the administration of George W. In May 2005, he was a leading critic of the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , Franz Müntefering , who compared a group of American capitalists attempting to purchase a German company to a “plague of locusts”. Wolffsohn noted that the capitalists in question were Jewish, and that the Nazis had often compared Jews to locusts, and labeled Müntefering an anti-Semite . Wolffsohn wrote that as a grandson of Holocaust survivors, he was grateful to the Americans for liberating his grandparents and that as a German Jew, he felt deep shame over increasing German anti-Americanism . More recently, Wolffsohn has been a leading critic of the novelist Günter Grass over his disclosure about his membership in the Waffen-SS during World War II .
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Wolffsohn was born in Tel Aviv , in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine and today is Israel . His parents were German Jews who fled in 1939. In 1954, the Wolffsohns moved to Germany , settling in West Berlin . In 1966, Wolffsohn began his studies at the Free University of Berlin and continued his studies at Tel Aviv University and Columbia University .He obtained a PhD in History in 1975. From 1967 to 1970, Wolffsohn served in the Israeli Defence Forces . From 1975 until 1980, Wolffsohn taught at the University of the Saarland . Since 1981, Wolffsohn has served as a professor at the Bundeswehr University Munich as a professor in Contemporary History. His major interests are Israeli history , international relations , and German Jewish history . Wolffsohn has argued in favor of German patriotism and has claimed that the crimes of National Socialism represent no reason why modern Germans cannot be proud of their country. In his book Eternal Guilt? (1993), he argued against the idea of Germans having to bear guilt for the Holocaust for all time. Wolffsohn has strongly supported Israel and has argued for greater Western understanding and support of the Jewish state in face of what Wolffsohn regards as fanatical Islamic extremism . Likewise, Wolffsohn has supported the War on Terror and the administration of George W. In May 2005, he was a leading critic of the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , Franz Müntefering , who compared a group of American capitalists attempting to purchase a German company to a “plague of locusts”. Wolffsohn noted that the capitalists in question were Jewish, and that the Nazis had often compared Jews to locusts, and labeled Müntefering an anti-Semite . Wolffsohn wrote that as a grandson of Holocaust survivors, he was grateful to the Americans for liberating his grandparents and that as a German Jew, he felt deep shame over increasing German anti-Americanism . More recently, Wolffsohn has been a leading critic of the novelist Günter Grass over his disclosure about his membership in the Waffen-SS during World War II . Wolffsohn is a strong supporter of Chancellor Angela Merkel 's refugee policy calling migrants "a gift from the heavens" in an August 2015 guest column for leading German language business newspaper Handelsblatt .
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Wolffsohn was born in Tel Aviv , in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine and today is Israel . His parents were German Jews who fled in 1939. In 1954, the Wolffsohns moved to Germany , settling in West Berlin . In 1966, Wolffsohn began his studies at the Free University of Berlin and continued his studies at Tel Aviv University and Columbia University . He obtained a PhD in History in 1975. From 1967 to 1970, Wolffsohn served in the Israeli Defence Forces . From 1975 until 1980, Wolffsohn taught at the University of the Saarland . Since 1981, Wolffsohn has served as a professor at the Bundeswehr University Munich as a professor in Contemporary History. His major interests are Israeli history , international relations , and German Jewish history . Wolffsohn has argued in favor of German patriotism and has claimed that the crimes of National Socialism represent no reason why modern Germans cannot be proud of their country. In his book Eternal Guilt? (1993), he argued against the idea of Germans having to bear guilt for the Holocaust for all time. Wolffsohn has strongly supported Israel and has argued for greater Western understanding and support of the Jewish state in face of what Wolffsohn regards as fanatical Islamic extremism . Likewise, Wolffsohn has supported the War on Terror and the administration of George W. In May 2005, he was a leading critic of the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , Franz Müntefering , who compared a group of American capitalists attempting to purchase a German company to a “plague of locusts”. Wolffsohn noted that the capitalists in question were Jewish, and that the Nazis had often compared Jews to locusts, and labeled Müntefering an anti-Semite . Wolffsohn wrote that as a grandson of Holocaust survivors, he was grateful to the Americans for liberating his grandparents and that as a German Jew, he felt deep shame over increasing German anti-Americanism . More recently, Wolffsohn has been a leading critic of the novelist Günter Grass over his disclosure about his membership in the Waffen-SS during World War II . Wolffsohn is a strong supporter of Chancellor Angela Merkel 's refugee policy calling migrants "a gift from the heavens" in an August 2015 guest column for leading German language business newspaper Handelsblatt .
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“antisemitism” now appears 1× under Biography, 25% of the way down the article
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