Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
The Journal of Holocaust Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
34,1 (2020) 70-86
Keywords:
Hitler, Adolf,
;
Antisemitism History 20th century
Abstract:
This article revisits the origins of Adolf Hitler's antisemitism. It raises the question as to whether it is really credible to argue that Hitler did not harbor antisemitic sentiments prior to the post-revolutionary period following World War One. The article introduces readers to hitherto unknown testimony by Elisabeth Grünbauer, the daughter of the family with whom Hitler lodged in Munich prior to the First World War. According to her testimony, Hitler was already an antisemite six years earlier than previously believed. Crucially, she claims that Hitler's Jew-hatred predates the watershed of World War One. In her testimony, Grünbauer recorded antisemitic statements Hitler made to her father that link Hitler's decision to leave Austria to his antisemitism. The article provides a critical assessment of Grünbauer's testimony. Further, it attempts to explain the genesis of Hitler's antisemitism in the prewar world and its eventual mutation in postwar, post-revolutionary Munich.
Description / Table of Contents:
Moshe Zimmermann. "The pre-1914 origins of Hitler's antisemitism revisited- response". Ibid. (2020) 87-90
Note:
In Hebrew:
,
"דפים לחקר השוא" לג (תשף) 143-163
DOI:
10.1080/25785648.2019.1707442
DOI:
10.1080/25785648.2020.1709306
URL:
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