The extension of Hitler's anti- Semitism dressed up as pro-Palestinian ideology in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s plays an important role in a new book on terrorism and anti-Semitism in the Federal Republic.The book's title is a quote from left-wing terrorist Dieter Kunzelmann: "When Will the Struggle Begin Against that Sacred Cow Israel?" and is splashed across the hardcover edition of the massive tome. The subtitle reads "On the anti-Semitic Roots of German Terrorism."
The nearly 900-page book by Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar hit bookstores and magazine shops on Friday, triggering riveting reviews in the German media about the origins of leftist anti-Semitic terrorism.
Kraushaar is a political scientist at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research.
Die Welt headlined its article on Friday, "The repressed murder of Jews during the 1970s."
"Why is this chapter of German history not well known?" the article asks in connection with Kraushaar's book. "In 1970, 55 people died within 11 days caused by bomb package attacks, an arson attack and attempted plane hijackings." The goal of the attacks, writes Mara Delius, from Die Welt, was to kill "Israelis and Jews."
The arson attack took place at the Jewish community center in Munich and the attempted hijacking of an El Al flight at the Munich-Riem airport. A Palestinian terrorist group detonated hand grenades and killed a young Israeli passenger. Nine other people were severely wounded.