Antisemitism in the German military community and the Jewish response, 1914-1938 / Brian E. Crim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crim, Brian E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.

Antisemitism.

Jews.

Public opinion.

Armed Forces.

Germany.

History.

Germany--Armed Forces--Officers--Attitudes.

Jews--Germany--Public opinion.

Public opinion--Germany.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xxv, 203 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

Antisemitism in the German Military Community and the Jewish Response, 1914-1938 explores how German First World War veterans from different social and political backgrounds contributed to antisemitic politics during the Weimar Republic and early Third Reich. This book compares how the military, right-wing veterans, and Jewish veterans Translated their conflicting memories of the front community into potential national communities in the postwar world. Brian E. Crim addresses many neglected issues, Including antisemitism in the imperial German army, the impact former imperial officers had on the antisemitic predilections of veterans associations, how veterans applied situational antisemitism during the Interwar period, and how race came to be perceived through the prism of war and political violence. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Legacies of the Front: Antisemitism in the Imperial Army and Reichswehr 1

2 The Stahlhelm's Jewish Question 33

3 The Völkisch Middle?: Situational Antisemitism and the Young German Order 65

4 "We Were There Also": Jewish War Experiences and the Defense against Antisemitism 97

5 "There is only loyalty or treason": The Military Community in the Third Reich 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739188552

0739188550

9780739188569

0739188569

OCLC:

869527403