Thursday 19.3.2026 6.00 p.m. - 7.59 p.m.
Where does anti-Semitism come from? Hatred of Jews is on the rise and is finding fertile ground in right-wing and right-wing extremist attitudes, which are also gaining influence in Germany and which use anti-Semitic clichés, sometimes covertly, sometimes openly, in their arguments and conspiracy ideologies. Sebastian Voigt explores the long history of hatred of Jews. He shows the tradition in which right-wing populists operate when, for example, they denounce the commitment of the American-Hungarian multi-billionaire George Soros, whose foundation promotes democratic initiatives worldwide, as part of a Jewish global conspiracy. But he also identifies traces of anti-Semitism in left-wing, so-called postcolonial circles. Voigt traces the origins of hatred of Jews, how it arose 2,500 years ago, how Jews came to be largely excluded from social life in the Middle Ages, how anti-Semitism spread from the bourgeoisie to the center of society, and how this hatred ultimately led to Auschwitz.
Sebastian Voigt is a historian and works at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich-Berlin and teaches at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich and at the Ruhr University in Bochum. As an expert on anti-Semitism, he writes for taz, Tagesspiegel, and the Jerusalem Post.
An event in cooperation with the Verein der Freunde des Rohkunstbau e.V. (Friends of the Rohkunstbau Association).
The event will be in German, secure your free tickets here.
/ ZAK Center for Contemporary Art
/ free of charge
