The History of an Obsession: German Judeophobia and the Holocaust - Hardcover

Fischer, Klaus P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826410898 ISBN 13: 9780826410894

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2001

Synopsis

Klaus Fischer charts the tortured history of German-Jewish relations over a millennium, from migration and ghettoization in the Middle Ages to enlightenment and emancipation in the eighteenth century to varieties of anti-Jewish prejudices in the Second Reich to the rise of pathological Judeophobia in the years 1918 to 1933. The aim of the book is to provide a historical explanation for this change in consciousness that began with a religious prejudice, moved to social and political discrimination, and ended up in annihilatory rage.>

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Review:

"In his follow-up to Nazi Germany: A New History, Fischer traces the long history of Judeophobia in German culture from the Middle Ages to the present, including its Christian, xenophobic, social, and biological-racial strains. . . . Fischer writes with a clear mastery of both primary and secondary sources, synthesizing a wide spectrum of literature into a fine, scholarly work. Highly recommended."-Library Journal "Truly a significant work, for Fischer gives a balanced account of a complex subject, making it painfully clear just how Germany became capable of genocide."-Booklist "A detailed, well-written, sober and analytical study that deserves the widest possible circulation. . . . Although the rise of Nazism has been told many times, Fischer makes a clearly reasoned, well-researched attempt to put a horrible crime and a horrible epoch into an appropriately complex historical context. . . . [A]n indispensable guide."-Publishers Weekly "Fischer is fair, balanced and well informed, having read widely and proving able to synthesize a broad array of secondary sources. . . . [A] stimulating and intelligent book."-Jewish Studies "Unlike other studies of the Holocaust, Fischer uses an interdisciplinary approach, skillfully applying concepts an principles derived from psychology, sociology, literature and philosophy. The result is a well balanced, carefully researched, in-depth ana

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Reviewed in: Zachor, April 2000
Reviewed in: Zachor, April 2000

"German Judeophobia and the Holocaust offers a scholarly analysis of the relationship between Germans and Jews from its historical beginnings to the climactic tragedy of the Holocaust. More importantly, the author seeks to answer some of the questions posed by these events."

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0826410898
• ISBN 13: 9780826410894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 532