Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Shofar; an Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
5,3 (1987) 28-43
Schlagwort(e):
Jews History 1800-2000
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Kurzfassung:
Discusses how Austrian Jews responded to the increasingly threatening situation of the interwar years. The responses differed according to particular incidents, as well as according to the religious, political, social, and economic background of the Jews themselves. Presents the views of Unionists (members of the Union Österreichischer Juden), who identified as Jews but saw themselves as Austrians first, advocating the adoption of a low Jewish profile to solve the problem of antisemitism; the Zionists, who promoted emigration to Palestine, which would lessen outbursts of antisemitism; the Orthodox Jews, who believed that a massive return of Jews to the religious fold would win respect from non-Jews, and even antisemites; the Bund jüdischer Frontsoldaten, which adopted a militant position vis-à-vis antisemitism. Emphasizes that all these groups were fighting against each other much more than against the antisemites. They were at loggerheads about dealing with the peril of National Socialism. All the major Jewish factions could be accused of naïveté. We cannot say, however, whether or not a common Jewish front would have made a difference in their ultimate fate.
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