antisemitism

Examines the immigration of Russian Jews to America, discussing the reasons they immigrated, where they lived and more.

A history of the Holocaust from 1933 to 1938 told from the Jewish perspective through period documents, annotations, and black-and-white photographs.

Looks at the horrific mistreatment of Jews in Nazi Germany, and examines the ways the Third Reich used propaganda to demonize and dehumanize its victims, turning the German nation against the Jewish people.

As the Minister for Propaganda and Culture, Joseph Goebbels shaped the German people’s perception of the Nazi Party, drumming up public support for anti-Semitism and the war effort through films, speeches, and restrictions on the press and other media. This biography covers his life and the progression of his career from a brilliant young student prejudiced against Jews to a powerful leader who worshipped Hitler and fervently supported the Holocaust. Goebbels’ legacy as a master of propaganda is explored, while sidebars include features on Holocaust remembrance events and the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Chronicles the history of prejudices held against Jewish people by other groups.

Despite the belief that Jews went willingly to their deaths in Nazi gas chambers, many risked everything to help their fellow prisoners.

Explores the issues of anti-semitism, including: social factors that contribute to anti-semitism; the relationship between Christianity, Islam, and anti-semitism; opposition to Israeli policy linked to anti-semitism; political groups and anti-semitism.

Journalist and political advocate Tarek Fatah explores the divide between Muslims and Jews, drawing on research to discuss the roots of the conflict and addressing passages in the Quran which can be viewed as anti-Semitic.

In this provocative book, Marvin Perry and Frederick M. Schweitzer analyze the lies, misperceptions, and myths about Jews and Judaism that antisemites have propagated throughout the centuries. The book examines ancient and medieval myths central to the history of antisemitism: Jews as "Christ-killers," instruments of Satan, and ritual murderers of Christian children. It also explores the scapegoating of Jews in the modern world as conspirators bent on world domination; extortionists who manufactured the Holocaust as a hoax designed to gain reparation payments from Germany; and the leaders of the slave trade that put Africa in chains. No other book has focused its attention exclusively on a thematic discussion of historic and contemporary antisemitic myths, covering such an expansive scope of time, and allowing for such a painstaking level of exemplification.

The current revival of antisemitism in Europe and the demonization of Jews in parts of the Muslim world give special importance to the exposure of the myths and lies that for centuries led people to regard Jews as the dangerous "other" and that led to violence and persecution. This provocative anthology presents 90 documents that focus on the nature, evolution, and meaning of the principal myths that have made antisemitism such a lethal force in history: Jews as deicides, ritual murderers, agents of Satan, international conspirators, and conniving, unscrupulous Shylocks. Also included are documents illustrating the recent revival of classical myths about Jews among black nationalists, Holocaust deniers, and Islamic fundamentalists.