VIRUS Band 11, pp. , 2020/07/23
Schwerpunkt: Behinderung(en)
Moshe Dayan is one of the historic figures who contributed significantly to thedevelopment of the State of Israel. After Israel's triumph in the Six-Day-War (1967),General Dayan, well-known for his offensive attitude towards his physical disability,turned the worldwide attention to himself. At that period of time, the communistpropaganda was confronting the people behind the “Iron Curtain” with the repulsiveimage of the Israeli Minister of Defense who was accused of having connections withthe USA and FRG. This image was an important part of the Anti-Zionist propaganda,and it exhibited distinctive anti-Semitic and anti disability characteristics. Apart fromthe official Propaganda image, other — much more positive — views about Dayanwere spreading in the USSR. He was a character of some Soviet anecdotes andunderground culture of the Brežnev epoch. Dayan's disability was accentuated inpopular jokes as well as songs written by the famous soviet author Vladimir Vysotsky.
Keywords: Moshe Dayan, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, Israel, Jews, Propaganda, USSR, GDR, disability, Vladimir Vysotsky
