Matthias Küntzel

Küntzel is an external research associate at the Vidal Sassoon International Centre for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Board of Directors of the German chapter of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). Matthias holds a tenured part-time position as a teacher of political science at a technical college in Hamburg, Germany.

Analysis

The Wannsee Legacy: Lessons for Genocide Prevention

By Matthias Küntzel

Let me please start with Fanny Englard, an active survivor of the Holocaust and a friend of mine. She grew up in Germany/Cologne and lives now south of Tel Aviv. Fanny wrote in a letter: “As a twenty-year-old, on 8 May 1945 I was liberated from hell and tried to find my family, but without […]

Analysis

Iran: What Will Germany Do Now?

By Matthias Küntzel

Is the German government going to consider 0.5% of Germany’s exports more important than solidarity with the West and the special relationship with Israel?