HIST 219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Nuremberg Laws, Zionism, Polish Nationalism
Document Summary
Paris peace settlement est new liberal/democratic govts across eur. Triumph of nationalism/nation states over empire--but also created natl minorities. The jews as a national threat: two case studies. Jews blamed for decrease in hungarian terr after wwi. Jews play a prominent role in communist rev. Jews overrepresented in financial sectors, blamed for recession. Govt passes anti-emancipation laws against jews (caps jews allowed in uni, admin/govt/commerce/industry jobs) Opposition to democracy and communism, support for authoritarianism. But hitler"s antisemitism is not unique/his ideas and rhetoric are not new. Gains admirers in europe/greater west--especially for econ progress. Drive to ghettoize jews, endorsed by cath church. Enforced discrimination was thought to b a good strategy to reduce. Awakening lives: jewish youth in interwar poland violence. Jewish children had to contribute economically, in many ways deprived of a childhood. At same time, availability of (secular) education grew--blurring of jewish/polish identity. Some youth movements actually blended zionism with polish nationalism.
