Language:
English
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
Angaben zur Quelle:
36 (1991) 443-458
Keywords:
Jews History 1945-
;
Jews
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
A rise in postwar antisemitism in Bavaria was detected in public opinion surveys conducted between 1947-early 1950s. A crucial contributing factor was the influx of Jewish DPs to Bavaria, which made Jewish hostility toward the Germans more visible and exacerbated the resentment of Germans against Jewish black market activities and material compensation for Jews. Popular antisemitism was directly mainly against the foreign Jews; new motifs were mixed with Nazi racism. Antisemitism was not supported by the authorities, but they tried to downplay it - for instance, during the wave of desecration of Jewish cemeteries in 1947-48. Nonetheless, the German media condemned the antisemitic "Bleibtreu letter, " published in 1949 by the "Sueddeutsche Zeitung." In 1951-52, Bavaria was the site of the trial of Philipp Auerbach, president of the local compensation office. The trial had antisemitic overtones and ended with Auerbach's suicide. The specific postwar antisemitism in Bavaria declined slowly; today Bavaria is no different than other German regions as regards attitudes toward Jews.
DOI:
10.1093/leobaeck/36.1.443
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