Language:
English
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Histoire Sociale
Angaben zur Quelle:
33 [66] (2000) 231-250
Keywords:
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Discusses Jewish identity in Austria from the Enlightenment until the Nazi takeover as vacillating between integration (and assimilation) and a sense of exclusion. Increased Jewish participation in society, first in business and later, outstandingly, in culture, encountered opposition from 1879. Antisemitic and nationalist forces rejected the integration of the Jews, who became particularly vulnerable with the fall of the Habsburg monarchy. Jewish isolation had increased with the rise of political antisemitism, including among Catholic conservatives such as Karl Lueger, mayor of Vienna. Some antisemites felt that Jews were too assimilated and should be more visible. In addition, some Jews exhibited self-hatred that reflected internalized antisemitism. The post-World War I First Republic was clearly antisemitic. Subsequently, between 1934-38, the ruling conservative antisemites protected the Jews from the more radical antisemitic German Nazis.
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