The Crime of My Very Existence
Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:31st Aug '07
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"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.
"Making excellent use of rich archival resources, Berkowitz has constructed a tightly argued study... A worthwhile, suggestive investigation that belongs in every library." Choice
ISBN: 9780520251144
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
Weight: 499g
352 pages