Griech - Polelle Professor Beth A. (Pacific Lutheran University Usa) - Anti - Semitism And The Holocaust Language Rhetoric And The Traditions Of Hatred - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Appreciating the power of language and how discriminatory words can have deadly consequences is pivotal to our understanding of the Holocaust. Engaging with a wealth of primary sources and significant Holocaust scholarship Anti - Semitism and the Holocaust traces the historical tradition of anti - Semitism to explore this in detail. From religious anti - Semitism in ancient Rome to racially - led anti - Semites focused on building superior nation - states in 19th - century Europe to Hitler's vitriolic attacks Griech - Polelle analyzes how tropes and stereotypes incited suspicion dislike and hatred of the Jews and ultimately how this was used to drive anti - Semitic feeling toward genocide. Crucially this 2nd edition sheds further light on the everyday experience of ordinary Germans and Jews under the Nazi regime with new chapters examining the role of the Christian Churches in Hitler's persecution of the Jews and those who participated in rescue work and resistance more broadly. With new illustrations a detailed glossary and up - to - date further reading suggestions and questions this 2nd edition provides a concise and lucid survey of European Jewry the Holocaust and the language of anti - Semitism.
Title: Anti - Semitism And The Holocaust Language Rhetoric And The Traditions Of Hatred
Author(s): Griech - Polelle Professor Beth A. (Pacific Lutheran University Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350158610
Pages: 328 Pages, 14 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 2/23/2023
Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust
Category: Jewish Studies