The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-299) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR 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.