Historikerstreit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Historiker + Streit; literally "historians' dispute".
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Noun edit
Historikerstreit m (strong, genitive Historikerstreites or Historikerstreits, no plural)
- (historical) A 1980s debate on how to incorporate Nazi Germany and the Holocaust into German historiography, and more generally into the German people's view of themselves.