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Jewish responses to anti-Semitism in Paris and London in the late 1930s as European Jewish political history
English
Zaagsma, Gerben[University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > >]
2-Dec-2018
Right-Wing Politics and the Rise of Antisemitism in Europe 1935-1941
Bajohr, Frank
Pohl, Dieter
Wallstein Verlag
Yes
978-3-8353-3347-5
Göttingen
Duitsland
[en] Jewish history ; Interbellum ; anti-Semitism ; France ; United Kingdom ; political history ; migration history
[en] This article compares Jewish responses to antisemitism in Paris and London in the late 1930s, when antisemitism was on the rise in both France and the United Kingdom. There were striking similarities in these responses, yet local contexts and circumstances dominate the historiographies of both cases. The main aim of this article, then, is not so much to offer new insights into the individual cases (both of which have been abundantly analyzed in historical research), but rather to fill a gap by examining the broader factors that account for these similarities. On the one hand, the article examines the nature of Jewish self-identification in the post-Emancipation era and its effects on the political cultures, practices, and identifications of the actors that were involved; on the other, it explores the way in which these practices were also shaped by migration and transnational aspects. Ultimately, this case study will argue for a comparative and transnational approach to Jewish political history in order to arrive at a better understanding of its diverse configurations and permutations.
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