Language:
English
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Latin American Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
18,1 (1986) 113-134
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Immigrants
;
Right-wing extremists History 20th century
Abstract:
Describes the attitude of the upper-class right wing in Argentina toward the Jewish immigrants. Fear of a revolution which might be instigated by immigrant workers led to the founding, in 1919, of the Liga Patriotica Argentina, a national militia to control labor disorders. The Liga viewed all Jews of Russian origin as Bolsheviks and as an alien group in Hispanic Catholic society. Some of these Jews suffered during the "Tragic Week" pogrom in January 1919. However, wealthy Jews also joined the Liga, which never officially endorsed antisemitism. In the early 1930s some nationalists blamed the Argentinian crisis on a "Jewish conspiracy" identified with American liberalism, foreign capital, and Soviet international socialism. Antisemitism was an integral feature of the nationalists' proposed corporate state. These ideas were heard again during the military regime of 1976-83.
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