The Crime of My Very Existence : Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality.
by
Berkowitz, Michael, Prof.
Title
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The Crime of My Very Existence : Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality.
Author
:
Berkowitz, Michael, Prof.
ISBN
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9780520940680
Personal Author
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Berkowitz, Michael, Prof.
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (355 pages)
Contents
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Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Above Suspicion? Facts, Myths, and Liesabout 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.
Abstract
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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.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Germany -- Ethnic relations.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Causes.
Jews -- Germany -- Public opinion.
National socialism.
Propaganda, German -- History -- 20th century.
Public opinion -- Germany.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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| IYTE Library | E-Book | 1195173-1001 | DS146 .G3 -- B47 2007 EB | Ebrary E-Books |