Language:
German
Year of publication:
1985
Titel der Quelle:
Jüdisches Leben
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1985) 24-43
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Jews, East European
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Europe, Eastern Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
Berlin (Germany) History 1918-1945
Abstract:
An account of immigration restrictions and harassment faced by East European Jewish immigrants in Germany after World War I. Not only the German population considered them a serious danger, but German Jews were hostile too, viewing them as a threat to assimilation. In 1920, the Berlin police organized sudden raids on immigrant quarters, accusing them of illegal trading, profiteering, and conspiracy against Germany. Quotes antisemitic expressions by the manager of a Dortmund factory who described these Jews as the "plague-boil" of Germany. Asserts that antisemitic persecutions of the Ostjuden were caused by prejudice and by the unemployment crisis.
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