Here you will find both my old and my more recent essays on antisemitism, Islamism and the Middle East conflict, as well as papers about Germany’s foreign policy and relationship with its Nazi past. Feel free to distribute these essays online.
Please send questions and criticism to mail@matthiaskuentzel.de.
Recent articles:
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October 7 and Islam
What does it mean when Hamas calls its attacks on Israel a “religious war”? And what do the countless cries of “Allahu Akbar” during the October 7 massacre signify?
University of Haifa, July 7, 2026
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The religious dimension of October 7
Statement on the occasion of a discussion on Islamist antisemitism organized by the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism at King’s College London on November 3, 2025
London, November 3, 2025
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Propaganda for the educated
About the book “Hamas – The Quest for Power” by Hamas experts Beverley Milton-Edwards and Stephen Farrell
Hamburg, October 30, 2025
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Hunting Jews: The radicalization of antisemitism since October 7
Lecture from March 31, 2025 on the occasion of the Contemporary Antisemitism Conference in London
London, March 31 2025
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October 7th and the Shoah
Are there lines of continuity linking the anti-Jewish terror of the Nazis with that of Hamas?
Indiana University, Institute For The Study Of Contemporary Antisemitism: Research Paper 2024-5, November 2024
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The Denial of Continuity: October 7 and the Shoah
The months following the massacre have revealed the failure of previous Western Holocaust education, which has never wanted to know anything about the after-effects of Nazi ideology in the Muslim world.
Hamburg, August 7, 2024
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Broadcasting as a weapon: The Persian-language Nazi propaganda and its consequences
I delivered this speech on June 4, 2023 on the occasion of the Klangteppich V – Festival for Music of the Iranian Diaspora in Berlin
Hamburg, 04.07.2023
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The 1948 Arab war against Israel: An aftershock of World War II?
An introduction to some discoveries and arguments of my new book: “Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East: The 1948 Arab War against Israel and the Aftershocks of World War II”.
FATHOM, JUNE 2023
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The Lasting Impact of Nazi Germany’s antisemitic propaganda in the Middle East 1945–1948
Contribution to the conference “Lessons and Legacies XVI – The Holocaust: Rethinking Paradigms in Research and Representation” on November 12–15, 2022 in Ottawa
Ottawa, November 13, 2022
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The Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat: How Should the West Respond
This is the speech I gave on November 17, 2022 in Gainesville, University of Florida
University of Florida, November 17, 2022
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9/11 and the Globalization of Antisemitism
Keynote speech on the occasion of the opening conference of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (LCSCA) on September 13, 2022 in London
London, September 13, 2022
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80 Years Later the Echo of the Wannsee Conference Still Exists
My contribution to a Webinar on the subject “80 Years Since Wannsee: An Alarm for Other Genocides?”
Paris, London, Berlin, Hamburg, January 20, 2022
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Biden, Berlin, and the Iranian Bomb
What will the new American administration and its European allies do to prevent Iran from getting the bomb?
TELOSscope, February 8, 2021
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Book review: The New Unease. Antisemitism in Today’s Germany
Das neue Unbehagen. Antisemitismus in Deutschland heute, edited by Olaf Glöckner and Günther Jikeli. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2019. 264 pages. €19.80 (paper).
Hamburg, January 29, 2020
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Contemporary Antisemitism Among Muslims
Presentation on the occasion of “The 14th Tel Aviv University Seminar on Contemporary Antisemitism” in Ein-Gedi (Israel), November 25–27, 2019
Hamburg, 5. Januar 2020