Beth A Griech-Polelle

Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

Language, Rhetoric and the Traditions of Hatred

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust surveys the history of the Holocaust whilst demonstrating the pivotal importance of the historical tradition of anti-Semitism and the power of discriminatory language in relation to the Nazi-led persecution of the Jews. The book examines varieties of anti-Semitism that have existed throughout history, from religious anti-Semitism in the ancient Roman Empire to the racial anti-Semitism of political anti-Semites in Germany and Austria in the late 19th century. Beth A. Griech-Polelle analyzes the tropes, imagery, legends, myths and stereotypes about Jews that have surfaced at these various points in time. Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust considers how this language helped to engender an innate distrust, dislike and even hatred of the Jews in 20th-century Europe. She explores the shattering impact of the First World War and the rise of Weimar Germany, Hitler's rhetoric and the first phase of Nazi anti-Semitism before illustrating how ghettos, SS Einsatzgruppen killing squads, death camps and death marches were used to drive this anti-Semitic feeling towards genocide. With a wealth of primary source material, a thorough engagement with significant Holocaust scholarship and numerous illustrations, reading lists and a glossary to provide further support, this is a vital book for any student of the Holocaust keen to know more about the language of hate which fuelled it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781472586919
• ISBN-10: 1472586913
• Artikelnr.: 44563302

Autorenporträt

Beth A. Griech-Polelle

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures 1. Introduction: 'Us' versus 'Them' 2. The Rise of
Religious Anti-Semitism 3. The Rise of 'Modern' Anti-Semitism and War 4.
Hitler's Rise to Power and the Radicalization of Anti-Semitic Policies 5.
Turning Points 6. Resettlements, Deportations and Ghettos 7.
Einsatzgruppen, Executions and 'Evacuation' to the East 8. The Final
Solution Glossary Select Bibliography Index