Language:
English
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Contemporary History
Angaben zur Quelle:
41,4 (2006) 611-640
Keywords:
Hitler, Adolf,
;
Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP)
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews History 1933-1939
Abstract:
After January 1933 the only political force in any position to uphold the tradition of rule of law and due process, and to counter antisemitic attacks, was Hitler's alliance partner, the German National People's Party (DNVP). However, dismisses the widespread view that in 1933 the DNVP exerted a moderating, restraining influence on Hitler and the SA. Instead, it remained passive in the face of violent attacks against Jews after the elections of 5 May 1933. It failed to come to the defense of nationalistic German Jews - up to the point that these were excluded from the DNVP - and Jewish war veterans who turned to it for aid. Increasingly, the DNVP adopted the racist antisemitism of the Nazis and expelled baptized Jews and half-Jews from its ranks. Stresses that the DNVP leadership was fearful of harming its relations with the Nazis, with whom they shared power, and being regarded by them as a "Jewish-friendly" party. On an individual level, there was some protest, empathy, and occasionally also willingness to help on the part of DNVP members, but the party as a body was allied with the Nazis.
DOI:
10.1177/0022009406067745
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