Catalogue question 288 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What is the basis of Germany's special responsibility for Israel?
- from EU membership
- from the National Socialist crimes against Jews Correct
- from the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany
- from the Christian tradition
Why — for every option
- A — EU membership does not establish a special historical responsibility toward Israel; it concerns other policy areas.
- B — Correct: Germany's special responsibility toward Israel is grounded in the Holocaust — the Nazi crimes against European Jews — and is recognised as part of Germany's raison d'état.
- C — The Basic Law contains no explicit clause on Israel; the special responsibility is historically and politically grounded, not anchored as such in constitutional law.
- D — The Christian tradition is not the basis of the special historical-political responsibility; this is expressly linked to the Nazi past.
Source: www.bundesregierung.de
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