Reminding a victimized group of old harms raises guilt assigned to a new enemy.

Evidence

We hypothesized that reminding a historically victimized group (i.e., Jews) of their prior victimization (i.e., by Germans) would induce social identity level categorization. By doing so, it should reduce willingness to forgive and increase assignment of collective guilt to another social group (i.e., Palestinians). — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1976

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: The ingroup’s own suffering suppresses guilt even when it sees itself as responsible — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 2145; Reminders of a group’s own victimization history increase guilt assigned to others — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 2145; Memory of past victimization is weaponized to legitimize new genocides — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 666 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Reminders of a group’s own victimization history increase guilt assigned to others #corroborates (0.95) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 2145
• Memory of past victimization is weaponized to legitimize new genocides #expands (0.80) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 666