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The Crime of My Very Existence

Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality

Michael Berkowitz author

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