Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2009
Titel der Quelle:
היה היה; במה צעירה להיסטוריה
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (תשע) 58-81
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism Historiography
Abstract:
Discusses two views of historians concerning the Russian pogroms of 1881-82. The classical approach, e.g. of Simon Dubnow, emphasizes the antisemitism that already existed in Russia and intensified with the assassination Tsar Alexander II. The Jews were blamed by the press and by local authorities who, Dubnow contends, planned the pogroms and made sure they would not be stopped too soon. Policemen and soldiers sometimes joined the perpetrators. There were serious efforts to stop the pogroms only in 1882, after the resignation of the antisemitic Interior Minister Ignatiev, who initiated anti-Jewish legislation which remained in force until 1917. The revisionist view of the pogroms, held e.g. by Michael Aronson and Hans Rogger, emphasizes the Jewish refusal to assimilate, despite social and economic changes made during the reign of Alexander II. They claim that this resulted in spontaneous pogroms, which were condemned by the press, local authorities, and Minister Ignatiev. The main disagreement is over whether the pogroms were planned by authorities or spontaneous, and Rot feels that Dubnow's view is the correct one.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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