Henryk Broder

Who is Henryk Broder?

Henryk Marcin Broder is a Polish-born German journalist, author and TV personality, known as the most outspoken personality in the German-Jewish community.

Broder is known for polemics, columns and comments in written and audiovisual media. He wrote for the magazine Der Spiegel as well as its online version and the daily Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. Since 2010, he's been writing for Die Welt. He is co-editor of Der Jüdische Kalender, a compilation of quotes and texts relating to German Jewish culture, published annually. Besides his numerous publications, he appears as a frequent guest on German TV talk shows. In 2010 and 2011 he produced and starred, alongside Egyptian-German writer and political scientist Hamed Abdel-Samad, in the satirical TV series "Entweder Broder - Die Deutschland-Safari"; the ten episodes to date were broadcast on "ARD - Das Erste" and have been highly successful.

Broder is especially interested in Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Islam, Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He sees a close relationship between German criticism of Israel's policies and Antisemitism, a view criticized by, among others, the French-German columnist Alfred Grosser.