Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Eastern Europe (East European Monographs)

A collection of papers based on lectures offered under the auspices of the Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies during the 1992 academic year. Contributors evaluate the reassertion of xenophobic nationalism and the rise of antisemitism in postcommunist East Central European countries such as Romania, Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Topics include treatment of the Holocaust in textbooks, the communist legacy, and Jews and Christians under communism. No index. Distribution by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Anti-semitism and the Holocaust in the politics of East Central Europe / Randolph L. Braham Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in postcommunist Bulgaria Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in postcommunist Czechoslovakia (The Czech Republic) / Fred Hahn Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in Germany / Ruth Bettina Birn Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in Hungary / István Deák Anti-semitism and Jewish identity in postcommunist Hungary / András Kovács Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in postcommunist Poland / Abraham Brumberg Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in postcommunist Romania / Radu Ioanid Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in postcommunist Slovakia / Raphael Vago Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in the USSR/CIS / William Korey Anti-semitism and the treatment of the Holocaust in postcommunist Yugoslavia / Radmila Milentijevic. Contents Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Bulgaria Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Czechoslovakia (The Czech Republic) Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Germany Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Hungary Anti-Semitism and Jewish Identity in Postcommunist Hungary Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Poland Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Romania Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Slovakia Anti-Semitism and the Treatment of the Holocaust in the USSR/CIS Anti-Semitism and the Teatment of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Yugoslavia Contributors The tragedy of the Holocaust in Romania is discussed by leading Romanian historians in this volume, which includes material on the destruction of the Jews of Bessarabia and Bukovina, and the discrimination against Romanian Jews under the Antonescu regime. The disintegration of the Soviet bloc has given rise to a chauvinistic nationalism, and its corollary of virulent antisemitism, as well as denigration or outright denial of the Holocaust