Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2014
Titel der Quelle:
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
Angaben zur Quelle:
59 (2014) 91-120
Schlagwort(e):
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Jews Social conditions
;
Jews, East European
;
Berlin (Germany)
;
Scheunenviertel (Berlin, Germany)
Kurzfassung:
In November 1923, at the height of economic and political crises in Germany, antisemitic rioting broke out in the Scheunenviertel, a Jewish quarter of Berlin. This riot was not the first antisemitic excess in post-World War I Germany, but it differed from previous riots in scope, violence, and some additional aspects: it was directed against the "Ostjuden", organized by nationalist agitators, and perpetrated by unemployed workers - those who had traditionally voted for left-wing parties. In Germany, the leftist, liberal, and Jewish press condemned the pogrom. In contrast, the reactionary and "völkisch" papers openly sympathized with the rioters. Focuses on reactions to the Scheunenviertel riot in the foreign press - both the liberal and left-wing press and the conservative press - based on accounts of the major newspapers in Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy, and the USA. The international press proved to be well informed on events in Berlin, and the anti-Jewish excesses caused an outcry of indignation. While some conservative papers tried to declare the "eastern Jews" themselves responsible for the rioting or to play down the anti-Jewish character of the excesses, most of the papers laid the responsibility on right-wing forces. The world press viewed the rioting as further evidence of the political and social crisis in Germany, neglecting to discuss the danger it posed to German Jewry.
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