Otto Schenk, which is the majority of people who know him as an actor, perhaps, not aware of a very direct relationship to Judaism. He could not say much about the "Jews in Austria today " but he had to tell even more about his time as a child during the Nazi era - perhaps the reason for letting it come as the first guest of the series of discussions to speak.
childhood
Otto Schenk's father had four Jewish grandparents, so he for the National Socialists as a "full Jew" - as Schenk put itself - was considered. Although parents had her baptized by his father, and Schenk's father was baptized after his birth, but conceivably little or not at all interested in such facts, the Nazis. Schenk, however, had the good fortune to an "Aryan" - to have mother - in the sense of the Nazi racial laws. For this "luck" by the way the mother has said she was ashamed to be a Jew - as the father replied, of course: "Are you dopey I would give anything not to be one You are my rescue?." . The marriage of Otto Schenk's parents was a question - since even before the Nazi laws closed - as a "privileged mixed marriage". Yes, something seems really gabs. What's that, I could explain to me in any case only after reading this Wikipedia article . This led to extremely obstrusen circumstances: his father was indeed discriminated against as a "Jew", but he was threatened not deportation. He lost his job as a lawyer and earned a little extra income from then black for the family. Furthermore, says Schenk, had kept the "Aryan" friends of the family and to continue them - privately - met with them and supports them.
Schenk myself to the annexation of Austria not noticed that he had Jewish ancestors, or even Jewish and Jewish friends in a Live environment. But, after connecting him out this painfully clear: "all" disappeared. Otto Schenk took in his childhood the way, also swimming lessons: On Attersee for some Wertheimer - it must be good for those Wertheimer, who was also Friedrich Torberg been swimming instructor. Even this had a value homes in the Salzkammergut as a swimming teacher, he must have been extremely famous and successful. Anyway, this was a big, blonde, beautiful woman - the "perfect Aryan," says Schenk jokingly - merely: she was Jewish.
But back to Vienna: Schenk could, if I understood correctly, after a While no longer go to school because he described as "half-Jew" was, and gradually developed into Schenk a "Proud to be a half-Jew" because he had experienced in many areas, the same discrimination as "real" Jews. Schenk was part of the Jewish "community of fate" - that is his access to the "Jewish identity". One day he was to "DJ", the "German young people," moved in - as well as "half-Jews" were initially co-debtor to accede to the agency of the Hitler Youth. There, he and the other "races" then a protest - after all they did not know the DJ - "gejüdelt" (those from the Yiddish-derived slang language, which in Vienna before 1938 probably everyone knew and sometimes imitate probably could), even with the songs she had to sing marching - but no one noticed hats. And the non-Jewish neighbors seat he has now and then a Jewish joke "philo-Semitic" tells what viewing "of anti-Semitism" died laughing half.
After a while it was the Nazis but also apparently too stupid that they are "half-Jews' commitment to the DJ, and" No "followed by participation in this (after they had previously committed). Otto had become with some of the DJlern or less become friends, and she asked him, as Schenk appeared to be a good runner to stay with them, to participate with them in competitions. They took him almost angry that he did not come suddenly - but he could not do that. And if the paths of DJlern times with those of Schenk crossed, they said even with all seriousness: Well, have you good.
to "Jewish identity" positions
Variants of Jewish identity, or more precisely those persons who were under the Nazis as Jews, presented Schenk as follows:
- religious and orthodox Jews
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assimilated Jews - Jewish community
fate was one of the latter Schenk - this membership, caused by the discrimination as a "mongrel", brought with him a Jewish Sense of identity, a "Proud to be half-breed" - Just as with his mother, who almost ashamed to have the tragic luck than to only be discriminated against in the family.
Some nice statements regarding Schenk was Vienna, but also the Orthodox Judaism. At Vienna: Anyone can be Vienna, no matter what race or religion you have - you become the Jews of Vienna, Vienna Turks, etc. - at least one will Wiener. Then Schenk is proud to include this fact as a Viennese can force the Vienna as a city - because "without the unknown, there is nothing Own" (Schenk in the O-Ton)
example of the relationship between the Vienna cited Jews (especially the assimilated) and the State of Israel was founded in 1948 and the struggle for its existence Schenk Marcel Prawy , as saying: "How do I come to Vienna as in the desert have?"
turn to orthodoxy Schenk has indeed do not have access - either as a child after that - for the simple reason that you were "a-religious" and he is all religious "embarrassing" is, whether Catholic, Jewish or whatever. However, he felt the Orthodox Judaism - the most visible form of Judaism to the streets - as "adorable beautiful color." Just as he feels the (Muslim) veil as a beautiful color that enriches a city.
pardon addiction
An interesting issue that will probably draw a common thread through all discussions of this course is the "case of Bruno Kreisky. Schenk and country man came to him about talking to the "forgiveness addiction" - a feature that apparently led many Jews who had survived the Second World War, produced, so also Schenk's father. This means that you want to add anyone as a Jew the same or similar suffering, as the Nazis did to the Jews. Former Nazis is "forgiven". Presumably, it is probably more of a displacement mechanism in order to allow the cruel era of National Socialism are behind him. But it was, Schenk, a "pardon addiction that sometimes went too far". As an example, he cited just Bruno Kreisky, who came though from a Jewish family, but almost ostentatiously former Nazis began as a minister and the party of former Nazis, the Freedom Party, took in the government. Even with the restitution would "pardon addiction" to be had in the game, so in many cases, or a total way too long to move much too little. should
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