By Richard Levy
Written by way of most sensible students in an available demeanour, this specified encyclopedia bargains around the world insurance of the origins, kinds, practitioners, and results of antisemitism, resulting in the Holocaust and surviving to the current day. Antisemitism has trained the speculation and perform of politics and has permeated cultures all over the world. the road among anti-Jewish sentiment and different kinds of clash is tough to outline, however it is obvious that the damaging nature of antisemitism has harmed the human neighborhood for 2 millennia.
Entries during this encyclopedia span the interval from historical Egypt to the fashionable period. Key theoreticians of Jew-hatred and their written works, its permeation of Christianity and glossy Islam, and its political, inventive, and financial manifestations are lined. this is often the 1st finished paintings that bargains with the full background of rules and practices that engendered the Holocaust.
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W. F. (1770–1831), 291 Heidegger, Martin (1889–1976), 292 Heine, Heinrich (1797–1856), 293 Heine Monument Controversy, 295 Henrici, Ernst (1854–1915), 296 Hentschel, Willibald (1858–1947), 296 Hep-Hep Riots (1819), 297 CONTENTS VII Herder, J. G. (1744–1803), 299 Herzl, Theodor (1860–1904), 300 Himmler, Heinrich (1900–1945), 301 Hirschfeld, Magnus (1868–1935), 302 Historians’ Controversy, 303 Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945), 304 Hitler’s “Prophecy” (January 30, 1939), 306 Hitler’s Speeches (Early), 307 Hitler’s Table Talk, 308 Hlinka Guard, 309 Hlond, August (1881–1948), 310 Hobson, J.
G. (1866–1946), 764 Wharton, Edith (1862–1937), 765 White Power Movement, 766 CONTENTS XI White Slavery, 768 White Terror (Hungary), 769 Wiesenthal-Kreisky Controversy, 770 William of Norwich (d. 1144), 771 Winrod, Gerald B. C. Degeneration Herzl, Theodor (1860–1904) Nordau, Max (1849–1923) Weininger, Otto (1880–1903) Zionism Boris Barth San Diego State University San Diego, California Hollywood, Treatment of Antisemitism in Night of Broken Glass (November 1938 Pogrom) Joseph W. Bendersky Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia Armed Forces of the United States Moseley, George Van Horn (1874–1960) Patton, Gen.
What merit this encyclopedia has owes much to all those I have thanked here. For its defects, errors, and omissions I must take responsibility. —Richard S. Levy, Editor ANTISEMITISM ANTISEMITISM A HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTION VOLUME 2: L–Z Richard S. Levy, Editor Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England Copyright 2005 by Richard S. Levy All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.