Hostages of Modernization: Studies on Modern Antisemitism, 1870-1933/39: Germany-Great Britain-France (Current Research on Antisemitism)

The series was designed in response to the research experiences accumulated by the Center for Research on Antisemitism of Berlin Technical University since 1982. The first two volumes presented normative thinking on the social and psychological mechanisms effective in antisemitism. The present volum Foreword Introduction: Possibilities and Limits of Comparison Part I: Germany Germany – Continuities, Ambiguities, and Political Style Anti-Semitism and the “Great Depression”, 1873–1896 Anti-Semitism and Minority Policy Structure and Functions of German Anti-Semitism 1878–1914 The Social and Political Function of Late 19th Century Anti-Semitism: The Case of the Small Handicraft-Masters The Jewish Arrival at Higher Education Roman Catholics, the Centre Party and Anti-Semitism in Imperial Germany Antisemitism by Other Means? The Rural Cooperative Movement in Late 19th Century Germany Political Transformations During the War and Their Effect on the Jewish Question Hostages of “World Jewry”: On the Origin of the Idea of Genocide in German History Volkisch Origins of Early Nazism: Anti-Semitism in Culture and Politics Anti-Semitism in Weimar Society The Jews in Weimar Germany: The Impact of Anti-Semitism on Universities, Political Parties and Government Services Voter Perceptions of Nazi Propaganda: The Issue of Modernization Nazi Persecution of the Jews and Emigration German Popular Opinion and the “Jewish Question”, 1939–1943: Some further Reflections The Persecution of the Jews: Its Place in German History Part II: Great Britain Great Britain – The Minor Key Anti-Semitism with the Boots Off Anti-Semitism in British Society 1876–1939 Aspects of the Working Class Response to the Jews in Britain The Anti-Jewish Riots of August 1911 in South Wales The English Dilemma: Political Custom and Latent Prejudice Political Anti-Semitism in England 1918–1939 Attack and Counter-Attack The Balance Sheet: Summary and Evaluation Part III: France France – Intertwined Traditions The Roots of Popular Anti-Semitism in the Third Republic Chronology of the Dreyfus Case The Politics of Shopkeeper Protest Boulangism and the Dreyfus Affair 1886–1900 Antisemitism in France at the Time of the Dreyfus Affair The French Extreme Right and the Concept of Pre-Fascism The Roots of Vichy Anti-Semitism Origins of the “Jewish Problem” in the Late Third Republic Public Opinion, 1940–1942

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The atmosphere in which antisemitism coalesced into political and social organization emerges from several of the readings in this section. 1. Germany, Great Britain, France 2. Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia.