Collectieve schuld. Jodendeportatie in de Tweede Wereldoorlog en het Israëlisch-Palestijns conflict

Abstract

The present research tested the proposition of a positive relationship between the experience of collective guilt by Dutch natives for the wrongdoing to Jews at the time of the Second World War and having a positive attitude with regard to Israel in the conflict with Palestine, whereby the intention to repair declares this relationship. Secondarily the influence of identification and generation on this relationship has been explored. The hypotheses have been explored using a questionary (N = 103), with questions regarding the experience of collective guilt, the positive attitude with regard to Israel, the intention to repair, identification, generation and demographics. Results indicate that there is a relationship between the experience of collective guilt and the intention to repair. However, there seems to be no relationship between the experience of collective guilt and having a positive attitude with regard to Israel, whereby the intention to repair declares this relationship. Besides that there seems to be no influence of either identification or generation on the relationship between the experience of collective guilt and having a positive attitude with regard to Israel, whereby the intention to repair declares this relationship.