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The crime of my very existence : Nazism and the myth of Jewish criminality / Michael Berkowitz.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berkowitz, Michael.
- Series:
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
- An S. Mark Taper Foundation book in Jewish studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism.
- National socialism.
- Propaganda, German--History--20th century.
- Propaganda, German.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews--Germany--Public opinion.
- Jews.
- Public opinion--Germany.
- Public opinion.
- Germany--Ethnic relations.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The Crime of My Very Existence investigates a rarely considered yet critical dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the conception and perpetration of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. Drawing from a rich body of documentary evidence, including memoirs and little-studied photographs, Michael Berkowitz traces the myths and realities pertinent to the discourse on "Jewish criminality" from the eighteenth century through the Weimar Republic, into the complex Nazi assault on the Jews, and extending into postwar Europe.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Above Suspicion? Facts, Myths, and Lies about Jews and Crime
- 2. The Construction of "Jewish Criminality" in Nazi Germany
- 3. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the Ghettos
- 4. Inverting the Innocent and the Criminal in Concentration Camps
- 5. Re-presenting Zionism as the Apex of Global Conspiracy
- 6. Lingering Stereotypes and Jewish Displaced Persons
- 7. Jewish DPs Confronting the Law: Prescriptions, Self-Perceptions, and Pride of Self-Control
- Epilogue: The Estonia Enigma
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612772177
- 9781282772175
- 1282772171
- 9780520940680
- 0520940687
- 9781435601994
- 1435601998
- OCLC:
- 173816773
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