| The Crime of My Very Existence: Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality Contributor(s): Berkowitz, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520251148 ISBN-13: 9780520251144 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: "The Crime of My Very Existence" investigates a rarely considered yet critical dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the conception and perpetration of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. Drawing from a rich body of documentary evidence, including memoirs and little-studied photographs, Michael Berkowitz traces the myths and realities pertinent to the discourse on "Jewish criminality" from the eighteenth century through the Weimar Republic, into the complex Nazi assault on the Jews, and extending into postwar Europe. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 2006029807 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.12" W x 8.92" (1.06 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - Germany |
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| Publisher Description: The Crime of My Very Existence investigates a rarely considered yet critical dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the conception and perpetration of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. Drawing from a rich body of documentary evidence, including memoirs and little-studied photographs, Michael Berkowitz traces the myths and realities pertinent to the discourse on "Jewish criminality" from the eighteenth century through the Weimar Republic, into the complex Nazi assault on the Jews, and extending into postwar Europe. |