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Recent large-scale refugee movements into Europe have triggered a fundamental re-evaluation of the continent's response to migration. As Europe grapples with the past experiences, expectations, limitations and opportunities of migration, public debates continue to be marred by controversy. This collection of essays attempts to take stock of how progressive political parties in Europe have responded to these challenges and offers fascinating insights into a debate that is as difficult as it is important.

In der öffentlichen Debatte wird nur selten beachtet, dass „der“ Islam nicht nur den Nahen- und Mittleren-Osten, sondern auch Afrika südlich der Sahara entscheidend prägt. Insbesondere in Westafrika ist der Islam eine bedeutende gesellschaftliche Kraft - mit ganz eigenen Ausprägungen. Doch welche Rolle spielt der Politische Islam heute in Westafrika? Wer sind die relevanten Akteure und welche Bedeutung haben Formen des „radikalen“ Islam? Antworten auf diese Fragen liefert der vorliegende Sammelband mit Beiträgen von renommierten Autoren aus Großbritannien, den USA, Finnland, Mali und Deutschland.

When East-German schools were officially reopened in the Soviet-occupied zone on the first of October 1945 vast parts of Europe were in ruins. In „extermination-camps“ and in other places of execution Germans had murdered six million Jews. What did East-German children entering the classrooms after the war and the following generations of East-German pupils learn about Jews? What did their textbooks say about Jewish history and about Jewish culture? And how did the books explain the horrors of the Holocaust? This analysis of East-German history textbooks used between 1948 and 1972 shows how Jewish history was officially represented by a state that promoted atheism. The study proves that not Holocaust-related Jewish history largely disappeared from the textbooks subsequent to the anti-Semitic purge in the German Democratic Republic in 1952/3. At the same time the analysis demonstrates how East-Germany systematically rejected historical responsibility for Nazi-crimes by claiming to represent „everything that was progressive, humanistic and revolutionary“ in German history.