Prejudice with Condiments: understanding Schwabenhass
The ketchup- or cheese-smeared faces of Swabian and Berliner icons are just
one small part of a culture war between imagined identities and exaggerated actors, i.e. the
alternative Berliner vs. the fancy-schmancy Swabian. The worst part in this so-called Spätzlekrieg or
'Spätzel war' is the escalation from humorous prodding to line-crossing slogans. Parallels
between Nazi persecution of the Jews, particularly in the insignia
of Kristallnacht,
can be found across the city. Berlin is a city rife with history; is its memory this short?
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