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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813984003321

Autore

Berkowitz Michael

Titolo

The crime of my very existence : Nazism and the myth of Jewish criminality / / Michael Berkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-77217-1

9786612772177

0-520-94068-7

1-4356-0199-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

An S. Mark Taper Foundation book in Jewish studies

Disciplina

305.892404309043

Soggetti

Antisemitism - Germany - History - 20th century

National socialism

Propaganda, German - History - 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Causes

Jews - Germany - Public opinion

Public opinion - Germany

Germany Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.