Germany's Jewish Problem

Germany's Jewish Problem is a critical examination of the authoritarian shift within Germany following the events of October 2023. Author Wieland Hoban, a Frankfurt-based Jewish composer and peace activist, analyzes how the German state utilizes memory culture and the weaponization of antisemitism to stifle free speech. This work of politics and government explores the contradictions of a state that leverages its historical responsibility for one genocide to justify its current political stance.

Within this volume of politics and social sciences, Hoban details his experiences as the chair of a peace group facing state repression. He describes the freezing of bank accounts and the arrest of activists, framing these actions as part of a broader pattern of censorship. Germany's Jewish Problem warns that these domestic pathologies have international implications, affecting ceasefire efforts and influencing censorship laws across the European Union.