Ergebnisse des MOTRA Projektes zu Ausmaß, Entwicklung und Hintergründen der Verbreitung von Antisemitismus in Deutschland wurden auf der 48. Jahrestagung der International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) in Prag vorgestellt.

6. Juli 2025, von Internetredaktion

Vom 3. Juli bis 6. Juli fand in Prag die 48. Jahrestagung der International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) statt. Sie stand in diesem Jahr unter dem Titel: “Social Identity, Political Conflict, and the Future of Democracy”. Über 900 Wissenschaftler:innen aus aller Welt aus Psychologie, Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft, Rechtswissenschaft und Pädagogik tauschten in Bezug auf dieses Rahmenthema neue Forschungsbefunde sowie Erkenntnisse zu den Wirkungen von Interventions- und Präventionsansätzen aus.

Prof. Dr. Wetzels und Prof. Dr. Brettfeld stellten auf dieser Tagung unter dem Titel “Prevalence of anti-Semitic prejudice among juveniles and adolescents in Germany: Developments between 2022 and 2024. Influences of migration, religious affiliation, personal religiosity, and conspiracy mentality.” aktuelle Forschungsbefunde vor, welche die Forschergruppe am Institut für Kriminologie der Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft auf Basis der repräsentativen Studien “Menschen in Deutschland” (MiD) und “Junge Menschen in Deutschland“ (JuMiD) zu diesem Thema erarbeitet haben.

Eine inhaltliche Kurzbeschreibung findet sich im folgenden englischsprachigen Abstract:

Abstract:

Results of two nationwide online surveys of representative samples of young people aged 16 to 21 living in Germany on the prevalence of anti-Semitic attitudes are presented. The findings show significant increases of the prevalence of traditional/classical anti-Semitic prejudice in 2024 compared to the first survey in 2022.

Within the population of young people, there are considerable differences in the extent of anti-Semitic attitudes between certain subgroups. These differences are important when it comes to identifying and specifying target groups for intervention and prevention of anti-Semitism.

Young people with a migration background were significantly more likely to hold both classic anti-Semitic as well as Israel-related anti-Semitic attitudes. The rates of these two forms of antisemitism are particularly high among young Muslims. However, increases in classical antisemitism that can be observed between 2022 and 2024 are not limited to the group of young Muslims, but can be found in all subgroups of young people in Germany. Results of multivariate regression analyses show that the high prevalence rates of traditional anti-Semitic resentment among young Muslims cannot be explained by their increased experiences of discrimination or their increased perceptions of collective marginalization in German society, neither in 2022 nor in 2024. Important predictors are, in addition to a low level of education, the degree of inclination to believe in conspiracies, and a rigid fundamentalist religious orientation. In addition the multivariate analyses show that high levels of individual religiosity (individual faith) have no significant effects on antisemitism. Furthermore, Israel-related antisemitic attitudes are significantly more pronounced than classic anti-Semitic prejudices among all groups of juveniles and adolescents, but the highest rates can be found among young Muslims. However, the relevant influencing factors in this regard are different than in the case of traditional anti-Semitic prejudice.

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