Episode 33 - Israel and Germany: An Unsettled Past with Eldad Beck

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The words ‘Germany’ and ‘Israel’ probably raise many differing connotations in various people’s minds but one probably stands out among them all: the Holocaust. Germany-Israel diplomatic ties began in 1952 when Germany finally offered to pay reparations to the survivors of the Holocaust. For obvious reasons, this relationship was not without its fair share of trials and tribulations. Over the years the challenges have persisted, often exacerbated by events such as the massacre of the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. As the chief correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth in Germany, Eldad Beck has become well acquainted with German internal politics, diplomatic affairs and public opinion. He has written two books on the subject of Germany: “Germany, at Odds” and his most recent “The Chancellor”. Beck joins 2NJB to talk about the two countries’ strained relations and his career as a journalist. (Main photo by Chocolatemedia)

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Naor Menninger.
0:09.0	And I'm Aiton Weinstein.
0:11.0	Israel's relationship with Germany has had its fair share of ups and downs,
0:16.0	from the first relations in the 50s to the establishment of full diplomatic ties with the reunited Germany in the 1990s.
0:23.6	It seems that regardless of the horrific past, these two nations' fates are bound together.
0:29.6	The question of Germany's place in modern Israel arose again in recent years,
0:33.6	as what seemed to be a wave of young Israelis decided to immigrate to Berlin, the
0:39.0	former capital of the Nazi Third Reich. Social media channels here in Israel were flooded
0:45.0	with endless discussions. Are these young Israelis traders or heroes? El-Dat Beck, our guest
0:52.7	today, has been serving for 20 years as a correspondent in
0:56.1	Germany for Yedda Othornot, Israel's leading newspaper. El-Dad devoted the past few decades
1:02.6	to studying and researching Germany and German society. He's the author of Germany at
1:09.2	Odds, published in 2014, and he recently released his new book
1:14.2	about Angela Merkel, titled The Chancellor.
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