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BL
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1047930
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b802300
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Berkowitz, Michael
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| Title & Author
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The crime of my very existence : : Nazism and the myth of Jewish criminality /\ Michael Berkowitz.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
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1 online resource (xxix, 321 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0520940687
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: 1282772171
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: 1435601998
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: 9780520940680
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: 9781282772175
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: 9781435601994
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0520251121
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0520251148
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9780520251120
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9780520251144
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-299) and index.
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| Contents
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Above suspicion? : facts, myths, and lies about Jews and crime -- The construction of "Jewish criminality" in Nazi Germany -- The self-fulfilling prophecy of the ghettos -- Inverting the innocent and the criminal in concentration camps -- Re-presenting Zionism as the apex of global conspiracy -- Lingering stereotypes and Jewish displaced persons -- Jewish DPs confronting the law : prescriptions, self-perceptions, and pride of self-control.
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| Abstract
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Berkowitz investigates a dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the making of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. He traces the myths and realities about Jewish criminality from the 18th century to the Weimar Republic and on into the Nazi assault upon the Jews.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Antisemitism-- Germany-- History-- 20th century.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-- Causes.
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Jews-- Germany-- Public opinion.
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National socialism.
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Propaganda, German-- History-- 20th century.
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Public opinion-- Germany.
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Antisemitism.
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Ethnic relations.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- General.
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Jews-- Public opinion.
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National socialism.
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Propaganda, German.
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Public opinion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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War-- Causes.
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Germany, Ethnic relations.
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Germany.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.892/404309043
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| LC Classification
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DS146.G4B484 2007eb
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