Violence, memory, and history : Western perceptions of Kristallnacht

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Violence, memory, and history : Western perceptions of Kristallnacht

Title remainder

Western perceptions of Kristallnacht

Statement of responsibility

edited by Colin McCullough and Nathan Wilson

Creator

• McCullough, Colin, Ph.D

Contributor

• Wilson, Nathan Andrew, 1980-

Editor

• McCullough, Colin, Ph.D
• Wilson, Nathan Andrew, 1980-

Subject

• Collective memory -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century
• Jews -- Violence against -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• Kristallnacht, 1938 -- Foreign public opinion
• Kristallnacht, 1938 -- Press coverage
• Press and politics -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century
• Public opinion -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century
• Antisemitism -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

This edited collection delves into the horrors of November 1938 and to what degree they portended the Holocaust, demonstrating the varied reactions of Western audiences to news about the pogrom against the Jews. A pattern of stubborn governmental refusal to help German Jews to any large degree emerges throughout the book. Much of this was in response to uncertain domestic economic conditions and underlying racist attitudes towards Jews. Contrasting this was the outrage expressed by ordinary people around the world who condemned the German violence and challenged the policy of Appeasement being advanced by Great Britain and France towards Adolf Hitler's Nazi German government at the time. Contributors employ multiple media sources to make their arguments, and compare these with official government records. For the first time, a collection on Kristallnacht has taken a truly transnational approach, giving readers a fuller understanding of how the events of November 1938 were understood around the Western world.--

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DLC

Dewey number

940.531842

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Routledge studies in modern European history

Series volume

25