Whether in Belgium, Poland, or Ukraine, when asked about their nation’s role under Nazi occupation, many Europeans today primarily see their own population as victims—or as heroes. This is the key finding of a cross-national study led by Dr. Fiona Kazarovytska from the Department of Social and Legal Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany. Together with Professor Roland Imhoff from JGU and Professor Gilad Hirschberger from Reichman University, Israel, she published the results in the journal Political Psychology.
Heroes, victims—and rarely collaborators: Study reveals Nazi era reinterpretation across EU
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