Language:
English
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
21 (1991) 287-314
Keywords:
Jewish periodicals
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews Periodicals
Abstract:
Discusses the Yugoslav Jewish response to Nazi propaganda as reflected in articles published in the newspapers "Židov" of Zagreb, identified with the Zionist movement, and "Jevrejski Glas" of Sarajevo, which stressed the rights of Jews in Yugoslavia. Both papers denounced Nazism as "a cult of the spirit of war", and antisemitism as an "irrational belief", speaking against publication of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion". They sensed that Nazism endangered the very existence of civilization, and they exposed the lies of its anti-Jewish campaign. Both papers echoed the identity crisis of secular Jews, and confusion in the face of the unprecedented Nazi menace. Refers, also, to the antisemitic press in Yugoslavia, such as the "Katolički Tjednik" and "Sarajevski List", which openly called for the murder of the Jews in 1941.
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