Language:
French
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Plurielles
Angaben zur Quelle:
13 (2007) 21-30
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
The culture of resentment was a result of Germany's belated development into a nation in 1871. The romantic notion of the "Volk" arose in opposition to the ideas of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Jewish emancipation met with resentment in popular circles. The conception of the superiority of the German race compensated for popular frustation and political impotence, and prepared the ground for Kaiser Wilhelm II's expansionist policies. Germany's acceptance of the "shameful articles" of the Versailles Treaty in 1919 became the main theme of resentment against the "Republic of the Jews". Argues that it was easy to portray Germany as the victim of outer and inner enemies to a people lacking political education. Traces the usage of antisemitic slogans by nationalistic parties and in the popular culture of the 1920s. Describes the power struggle between supporters of the Old Regime and supporters of a "völkisch" revolution, as well as Jewish responses to their increasing exclusion from political parties and other circles. An organization created in 1933 to represent the Jews of the Reich hoped for a modus vivendi with Hitler's new regime. They did now know that the war against the Jews, proclaimed in "Mein Kampf" and based on the culture of resentment, would lead to a "future of iron" for them.
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