Binding: Hardcover
Description: As the Nazis staged their takeover in 1933, instances of antisemitic violence began to soar. While previous historical research assumed that this violence happened much later Hermann Beck counteracts this drawing on sources from twenty German archives and focussing on this early violence and on the reaction of German institutions and the elites who led them. Before the Holocaust examines the antisemitic violence experienced in this period - from boycotts violent attacks robbery extortion abductions and humiliating 'pillory marches' to grievous bodily harm and murder - which has hitherto not been adequately recognized. Beck then analyses the reactions of those institutions that still had the capacity to protest against Nazi attacks and legislative measures - the Protestant Church the Catholic Church the bureaucracies and Hitler's conservative coalition partner the DNVP - and the mindset of the elites who led them to determine their various responses to flagrant antisemitic abuses. Individual protests against violent attacks the April boycott and Nazi legislative measures were already hazardous in March and April 1933, but established institutions in the German State and society were still able to voice their concerns and raise objections. By doing so they might have stopped or at least postponed a radicalization that eventually led to the pogrom of 1938 (Kristallnacht) and the Holocaust.
Title: Before The Holocaust Antisemitic Violence And The Reaction Of German Elites And Institutions During The Nazi Takeover
Author(s): Beck Hermann (Professor Of History Professor Of History University Of Miami)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192865076
Pages: 576 Pages
Publication Date: 10/30/2022
Category: Second World War