Arianna Pattek

Arianna Pattek is a program coordinator for Facing History and Ourselves.

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Confronting the Rise of Antisemitism in Germany

Posted by Arianna Pattek on May 10, 2018

On April 12, German rap duo Kollegah and Farid Bang won the prestigious Echo Award for best German hip-hop album, an award akin to the American Grammys. The pair was widely popular within German youth and hip-hop culture. However, there was an immediate backlash to this decision, as the pair’s album included a lyric comparing their bodies to Auschwitz prisoners and other lines disrespecting victims of the Holocaust.

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Topics: Antisemitism

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