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

Berkowitz, Michael,

The crime of my very existence : Nazism and the myth of Jewish criminality / Michael Berkowitz. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xxix, 321 pages) : illustrations - - The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies . - S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-299) and index.

Above suspicion? : facts, myths, and lies about Jews and crime -- The construction of "Jewish criminality" in Nazi Germany -- The self-fulfilling prophecy of the ghettos -- Inverting the innocent and the criminal in concentration camps -- Re-presenting Zionism as the apex of global conspiracy -- Lingering stereotypes and Jewish displaced persons -- Jewish DPs confronting the law : prescriptions, self-perceptions, and pride of self-control.

Berkowitz investigates a dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the making of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. He traces the myths and realities about Jewish criminality from the 18th century to the Weimar Republic and on into the Nazi assault upon the Jews.

9780520940680 (electronic bk.) 0520940687 (electronic bk.) 9781435601994 (electronic bk.) 1435601998 (electronic bk.) 1282772171 9781282772175

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013789423 Uk


1900-1999


Antisemitism--History--Germany--20th century.
National socialism.
Propaganda, German--History--20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.
Jews--Public opinion.--Germany
Public opinion--Germany.
Antisémitisme--Histoire--Allemagne--20e siècle.
Nazisme.
Propagande allemande--Histoire--20e siècle.
Holocauste, 1939-1945--Causes.
Juifs--Opinion publique.--Allemagne
Opinion publique--Allemagne.
National Socialism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
HISTORY--General.--Europe
Antisemitism.
Ethnic relations.
Jews--Public opinion.
National socialism.
Propaganda, German.
Public opinion.
War--Causes.


Germany--Ethnic relations.
Germany.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

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