„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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ftsubgoettingen:oai:publications.goettingen-research-online.de:2/117595 2023-09-05T13:19:40+02:00 „I dette sataniske Evangelium“ Nazistische Strömungen in Grönland während des Zweiten Weltkriegs Nagelstutz, Daniel Nagelstutz, Daniel; 2021-10-12 https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/117595 https://doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2021-2038 de ger De Gruyter 2191-9399 2191-9402 https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/117595 doi:10.1515/ejss-2021-2038 journal_article 2021 ftsubgoettingen https://doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2021-2038 2023-08-20T22:16:49Z 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 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: GoeScholar 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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