Politics of the past: the use and abuse of history - Socialists ...

- the extinction of human beings on the base of race and the “class
categories”
- anti-Semitism
2c. Did especially the Nazi- and the Stalinist terror-regimes learn
from each other and if yes, how?
2d. Did Nazi-anti-Semitism influence the Stalinist anti-Semitism
with reference to ideology and/or techniques of discrimination and
persecution?
3. There should be an investigation into the connection between
authoritarian and totalitarian regimes during the 20 th century in certain
European countries.
Questions to be answered:
3a. How did the failure of democratic systems until World War II in
certain European countries weaken the potentials of these societies
to resist the seizure of power by the totalitarian Stalinist (in the
case of the Baltic States) and the totalitarian Nazi-regime (in the
case of Germany and Austria)?
3b. To what extent was there forced and on the other hand voluntary
involvement of sectors in certain societies with the occupants,
especially with the Stalinist terror apparatus and on the other hand
with the Holocaust executed by the Nazis?
4. There should be an investigation to the extent there was resistance
to occupation and suppression.
Questions to be answered:
4a. What were the political grounds and reasons for resistance and
what kind of actions were taken?
4b. Were there significant differences in the levels of resistance
against Stalinist and Nazi-occupation in those countries that were
occupied by both and if yes, what were the reasons?
5. There should be an investigation as to how the consequences of
the allied agreements of Tehran and Jalta helped to introduce and
stabilize the Stalinist regime in Central and Eastern Europe and the
Franco- and Salazar-regimes in Western Europe.
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