Die mexikanische Exil- und Emigrationsszene

Twice Exiled: Leo Zuckermann (1908–85) and the Limits of the Communist Promise

“…35 That Zuckermann and Merker publicly addressed reparations may be due not least of all to the fact that this was the topic of controversial discussions among the large German Jewish exile community in Latin America and the Merker group therefore had to adopt a stance on the issue. 36 Having themselves emigrated from Germany following painful experiences, this group of about 2000 to 3000 individuals in Mexico City posed urgent questions as they challenged Merker's mantralike proclamation of the orthodox communist creed that 'Hitler is not Germany!' Their experiences showed rather that ordinary Germans involved themselves in the Nazi regime, profited from it, and did not oppose it, in short: that Hitler enjoyed the support of the majority of Germans.…”