Jabarkan Proses penulisan sejarah dari Penyatuan Jerman

Karena dirasa perlu dalam membangun sebuah bangsa, proses penulisan sejarah bangsa Jerman dilakukan secara serius oleh beberapa sejarawan nasionalis Jerman, termasuk Friedrich Dahlmann (1785-1860) beserta muridnya, Heinrich von Treitschke (1834-1896), Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), dan Heinrich von Sybel (1817-1895). Dahlmann sendiri meninggal sebelum penyatuan selesai, namun ia berjasa membangun dasar-dasar penulisan sejarah Jerman lewat karya sejarahnya tentang Revolusi Inggris dan Revolusi Prancis serta peran kedua revolusi tersebut terhadap sejarah Jerman.

Buku Sejarah Jerman pada Abad Kesembilan Belas karya Heinrich von Treitschke yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1879 memiliki konten yang mungkin menyesatkan: von Treitschke mengkhususkan sejarah Prusia dibanding sejarah negara-negara Jerman lainnya, dan buku tersebut berkisah tentang orang-orang Jerman dan takdir Prusia untuk menyatukan mereka. Mitos yang disebut mitos Borussia ini (Borussia adalah nama latin Prusia) menggambarkan Prusia sebagai penyelamat Jerman. Prusia dianggap berperan penting dalam menyatukan negara-negara Jerman; hanya Prusia yang dianggap dapat melindungi kebebasan Jerman dari ancaman Prancis atau Prusia. Selain itu, mitos ini mengisahkan bagaimana Prusia menyelamatkan Jerman dari Napoleon pada tahun 1815 di Waterloo, mendirikan kesatuan ekonomi melalui Zollverein, dan menyatukan semua orang Jerman di bawah satu bendera pada tahun 1871.

Sementara itu, kontribusi Mommsen dalam Monumenta Germaniae Historica menjadi dasar keilmuan yang mempelajari bangsa Jerman, dan memperluas definisi "Jerman" dengan memasukkan wilayah di luar Prusia ke dalamnya. Sebagai seorang profesor, sejarawan, dan teolog yang liberal, Mommsen menjadi anggota Dewan Perwakilan Prusia dari tahun 1863–1866 dan 1873–1879; ia juga menjadi anggota Reichstag dari tahun 1881–1884 untuk Partai Kemajuan Jerman (Deutsche Fortschrittspartei) yang liberal, dan nantinya untuk Partai Liberal Nasional. Ia menentang program-program antisemit dalam Kulturkampf Bismarck dan teks pedas yang digunakan Treitschke dalam karyanya Studien über die Judenfrage (Studi Permasalahan Yahudi) yang menganjurkan asimilasi dan Jermanisasi Yahudi.

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