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The Crime of My Very Existence: Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality
Michael Berkowitz
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Paperback. Investigates a dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the conception and perpetration of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. This book traces the myths and realities pertinent to the discourse on "Jewish criminality" from the 18th century through the Weimar Republic, into the complex Nazi assault on the Jews. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
"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.
"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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520251144
SKU
V9780520251144
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About Michael Berkowitz
Michael Berkowitz is Professor of Modern Jewish History in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. He is author of The Jewish Self-Image, Western Jewry and the Zionist Project, and Zionist Culture and West European Jewry before the First World War, and has co-edited, most recently, Fighting Back? Jewish and Black Boxers in Britain.
Reviews for The Crime of My Very Existence: Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality
"Making excellent use of rich archival resources, Berkowitz has constructed a tightly argued study... A worthwhile, suggestive investigation that belongs in every library." Choice