The Politics of Hate Anti-Semitism, History, and the Holocaust in Modern Europe

by Weiss, John

• ISBN13: 9781566636001
• ISBN10: 1566636000
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Summary

The Politics of Hate shows how anti-Semitism and racism developed as a major element in the European political processfrom the late nineteenth century to the Holocause. The reasons for these developments help us understand why the politics of racial hate succeed and what can be done about it.

Author Biography

John Weiss is professor of history at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
The Origins of European Anti-Semitism	p. 3
Germany to 1914	p. 16
Germany: Hitler, the Elites, and the Holocaust	p. 38
The Austrian Empire Through 1918	p. 61
Austria, 1918-1945	p. 83
France Before 1914	p. 105
France, 1914-1945	p. 127
Anti-Semitism in Poland to 1918	p. 149
Poland, 1919-1947	p. 168
The Italian Exception	p. 193
Concluding Speculations	p. 217
A Note on Sources	p. 226
Notes	p. 228
Index	p. 233
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