Language:
English
Year of publication:
1996
Titel der Quelle:
Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
10,1-2 (1996) 131-161
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews History 1939-1945
;
National socialism Philosophy
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
A paper delivered at the Australian Modern British History Conference, University of Adelaide, July 1993. Criticizes the "younger school" of present-day Anglo-Jewish historiography, which places too much stress on antisemitism in modern Britain. Contends that antisemitism was marginalized, existing on the fringes of British society, and this marginalization had its historical reasons. The Nazi rise to power was met with revulsion on the part of the Conservatives. Mosley's British Union of Fascists adopted Nazi-like antisemitism; however, it remained a fringe organization. Many well-known antisemites revised their views; for instance, there was a taboo on the negative portrayal of Jews in literature. Conservative extremists reconciled themselves with the party mainstream, because antisemitism looked anti-British at a time when Nazi Germany was threatening the interests of the British Empire.
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