Synopses & Reviews
According to Simon Wiesenthal, nearly half of the crimes associated with the Holocaust were committed by Austrians, who comprised just 8.5 percent of the population of Hitler's Greater German Reich. Bruce Pauley's book explains this phenomenon by providing a history of Austrian anti-Semitism and Jewish responses to it from the Middle Ages to the present, with a particular focus on the period from 1914 to 1938. In contrast to works that view anti-Semitism as an inherent national characteristic, his account identifies many sources and varieties of the anti-Semitic sentiment that pervaded Austrian society on the eve of the Holocaust.
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It is one of the best books on antisemitism ever written.
Jerusalem Post
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[Pauley's analysis of] anti-Semitism is more complete because he deals as well with the variety of responses among Jews.
Catholic Historical Review
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Provides a fascinating picture of Austrian Jews and anti-Semites.
Times Literary Supplement
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Well researched, provocative, and definitely worth reading.
American Historical Review
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This portrayal of Austrian anti-Semitism is a fair, ambitious, and expansive overview.
Austrian History Yearbook
Synopsis
A history of Austrian anti-Semitismand the Jewish responses to itsince the Middle Ages, with particular focus on the 1914-1938 period. This study identifies many sources and varieties of the anti-Semitism that has pervaded Austria.
Synopsis
It is one of the best books on antisemitism ever written.
Jerusalem Post Well researched, provocative, and definitely worth reading.
American Historical Review This portrayal of Austrian anti-Semitism is a fair, ambitious, and expansive overview.
Austrian History Yearbook Provides a fascinating picture of Austrian Jews and anti-Semites.
Times Literary Supplement [Pauley's analysis of] anti-Semitism is more complete because he deals as well with the variety of responses among Jews.
Catholic Historical Review
About the Author
Bruce F. Pauley, professor of history at the University of Central Florida, is author of several books, including Hitler and the Forgotten Nazis: A History of Austrian National Socialism. In 1996, he was named a distinguished alumnus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
A Note on Terminology
1. The Eternal Scapegoat
Part I. Anti-Semitism in the Austrian Empire
2. The Historical Roots
3. Anti-Semitism in Fin-de-Siecle Austria
4. Austria's Jews on the Eve of the Great War
5. A World Collapses
Part II. Anti-Semitism in the Democratic Era
6. Revolution and Retribution
7. Academic Anti-Semitism in the Early Postwar Years
8. Assissination and Intimidation
9. Segregation and Renewed Violence
Part III. The Varieties of Austrian Anti-Semitism
10. The Marxists
11. The Roman Cathilics
12. The Minor Political Parties and Movements
13. The Austrian Nazi Party
Part IV. Austria's Jews and the Anti-Semitic Threat
14. The Jews in Austrian Society
15. A House Divided: Internal Jewish Politics
16. The View from the South
17. The Defense against Anti-Semitism
18. Friend or Foe? The Dollfuss-Schuschnigg Regime
Part V. Deportation, Death, and Deliverance
19. From the Anschluss to Extermination
20. Restitution and Recovery
21. Final Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Index