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Telling Holocaust Jokes on German Public Television: The German-Israeli Comedian Shahak Shapira and His Satirical Show on Jews, Antisemites and the Rest

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dc.creatorLanger, Armin
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-06T14:37:40Z
dc.date.available2022-10-06T14:37:40Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractSince 2015, Israeli-born German artist Shahak Shapira has initiated several satirical campaigns targeting antisemitism and racism in Germany and the country’s relation to the Holocaust. These interventions set Shapira’s career in motion, and in 2019 he landed a slot on the ZDF public broadcasting channel for the talk show Shapira Shapira. The show mocked antisemitism and far-right movements in Germany and reminded the viewers of the country’s history with Jews. His jokes about concentration camps and their contemporary perceptions proved to be especially effective. This article shows how Shahak Shapira and his show challenged the official narratives about Jews, antisemitism and the Holocaust. It argues that Shapira’s jokes might empower Jews and foster Holocaust awareness among the general public in Germany.en
dc.identifier.doi10.18146/view.263
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18964
dc.identifier.urihttps://viewjournal.eu/articles/10.18146/view.263/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/20124
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNetherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
dc.publisher.placeHilversum
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0969
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
dc.subjectGermanyen
dc.subjectJudaismen
dc.subjectIsraelen
dc.subjectantisemitismen
dc.subjectsatireen
dc.subjectpublic broadcasten
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.titleTelling Holocaust Jokes on German Public Television: The German-Israeli Comedian Shahak Shapira and His Satirical Show on Jews, Antisemites and the Resten
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dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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local.coverpage2022-10-06T16:51:54
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttp://doi.org/10.18146/view.263
local.source.epage17
local.source.issue20
local.source.issueTitleRace and European TV Histories
local.source.spage7
local.source.volume10

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