„I dette sataniske Evangelium“
Abstract During the Second World War, a few well-educated Greenlanders from the Danish colonies of Godthåb and Holsteinsborg expressed their sympathy for Nazi Germany. However, the background of the political turmoil within the Greenlandic elite remains largely unknown. This article presents the sta...
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crdegruyter:10.1515/ejss-2021-2038 2023-05-15T16:22:45+02:00 „I dette sataniske Evangelium“ Nazistische Strömungen in Grönland während des Zweiten Weltkriegs Nagelstutz, Daniel 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2021-2038 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ejss-2021-2038/xml https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ejss-2021-2038/pdf en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH European Journal of Scandinavian Studies volume 51, issue 2, page 298-318 ISSN 2191-9402 2191-9399 Literature and Literary Theory Linguistics and Language Language and Linguistics Cultural Studies journal-article 2021 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2021-2038 2022-06-16T13:41:45Z Abstract During the Second World War, a few well-educated Greenlanders from the Danish colonies of Godthåb and Holsteinsborg expressed their sympathy for Nazi Germany. However, the background of the political turmoil within the Greenlandic elite remains largely unknown. This article presents the state of research and previously unknown sources on the Nazi riots in Greenland. In a subsequent step, potential motives for the movement will be discussed. So far, researchers have ruled out that Greenlanders were aware of the true nature of National Socialism. Instead, the scattered pro-German activities along Greenland’s West coast have been played down as spontaneous acts of provocation and mere political calculus. In fact, the Nazis’ ideology and war crimes were well known to the Greenlanders. In addition, German polar researchers made friends with Greenlandic journalists, teachers and catechists after the Nazi seizure of power. Last not least, the article will examine how Danish discrimination against Greenlanders contributed to the Greenlandic chauvinism displayed by a few members of the Inuit elite. Article in Journal/Newspaper Godthåb Greenland greenlander* greenlandic Grönland inuit De Gruyter (via Crossref) Greenland European Journal of Scandinavian Studies 51 2 298 318 |
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Abstract During the Second World War, a few well-educated Greenlanders from the Danish colonies of Godthåb and Holsteinsborg expressed their sympathy for Nazi Germany. However, the background of the political turmoil within the Greenlandic elite remains largely unknown. This article presents the state of research and previously unknown sources on the Nazi riots in Greenland. In a subsequent step, potential motives for the movement will be discussed. So far, researchers have ruled out that Greenlanders were aware of the true nature of National Socialism. Instead, the scattered pro-German activities along Greenland’s West coast have been played down as spontaneous acts of provocation and mere political calculus. In fact, the Nazis’ ideology and war crimes were well known to the Greenlanders. In addition, German polar researchers made friends with Greenlandic journalists, teachers and catechists after the Nazi seizure of power. Last not least, the article will examine how Danish discrimination against Greenlanders contributed to the Greenlandic chauvinism displayed by a few members of the Inuit elite. |
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