ISBN:
9789004362444
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2018
Series Statement:
Brill's series in Jewish studies v. 60
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kubátová, Hana, 1980- Jew in Czech and Slovak imagination, 1938-89
DDC:
305.892/4043709045
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
1900-1999
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Ethnic relations
;
Jews
;
Jews ; Persecutions
;
History
;
Czechoslovakia Ethnic relations
;
Czechoslovakia
Abstract:
Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Public Image of the ‘Jew’ during the War -- The ‘Jew’ in the Popular Opinion -- The ‘Jew’ as a Reminder -- When They Write ‘Zionist’, They Mean ‘Jew’1 -- Conclusion.
Abstract:
The Jew in Czech and Slovak Imagination,1938-89 is the first critical inquiry into the nature of anti-Jewish prejudices in both main parts of former Czechoslovakia. The authors identify anti-Jewish prejudices over almost fifty years of the twentieth century, focusing primarily on the post-Munich period and the Second World War (1938–45), the post-war reconstruction (1945–48), as well as the Communist rule with both its thaws and returns to hardline rule (1948–89). It is a provocative examination of the construction of the image of ‘the Jew’ in the Czech and Slovak majority societies, the assigning of character and other traits – real or imaginary – to individuals or groups. The book analyses the impact of these constructed images on the attitudes of the majority societies towards the Jews, and on Holocaust memory in the country
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004362444
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