Language:
English
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
41,6 (1993) 485-493
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1945-
Abstract:
The opening lecture at the Conference on Antisemitism in Europe, Berlin, September 1992. Surveys the persistence of antisemitism in most parts of the world. Notes that the percentage of Germans expressing antisemitic prejudice in opinion polls is not much higher than that of Frenchmen or Englishmen and has been declining over the generations, but it is still disturbing. German antisemites cling to all the old stereotypes, reinforced by shame and guilt over the Holocaust. In Eastern Europe, especially in Poland, and in the successor states of the USSR, antisemitic propaganda is openly propagated by nationalist groups; and antisemitic views, including Holocaust denial, are held by large segments of the population. Suggests that theories of Jewish conspiracy provide a simple explanation of economic and social distress, and that the image of the Jew as the enemy serves to strengthen national identity.
Note:
In English: "Patterns of Prejudice" 27 (1993). In Polish: "Biuletyn Zydowskiego Instytutu Historycznego w Polsce" 167-168 (1993).
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