In Hitler's Munich : Jews, the revolution, and the rise of Nazism /
Jews, the revolution, and the rise of Nazism
Michael Brenner ; translated by Jeremiah Riemer.
- xii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Original title "Der lange Schatten der Revolution: Juden und Antisemiten in Hitlers München, 1918-1923" published by Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 2019--Publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-361) and index.
"In 1935, Adolf Hitler declared Munich the "Capital of the Movement." It was here that he developed his anti-Semitic beliefs and founded the Nazi party. Though Hitler's immediate milieu during the 1910s and 1920s has received ample attention, this book argues that the Munich of this period is worthy of study in its own right and that the changes the city underwent between 1918 and 1923 are absolutely crucial for understanding the rise of antisemitism and eventually Nazism in Germany. Before 1918, Munich had a decidedly cosmopolitan flavor, but its open atmosphere was shattered by the November Revolution of 1918-19. Jews were prominently represented among many of the European revolutions of the late 1910s and early 1920s, but nowhere did Jewish revolutionaries and government representatives appear in such high numbers as in Munich. The link between Jews and communist revolutionaries was especially strong in the minds of the city's residents. In the aftermath of the revolution and the short-lived Socialist regime that followed, the Jews of Munich experienced a massive backlash. The book unearths the story of Munich as ground zero for the racist and reactionary German Right, revealing how this came about and what it meant for those who lived through it"--
9780691191034
2021018403
Eisner, Kurt, 1867-1919.
Jews--Political activity--History--Germany--Munich--20th century. National socialism--Germany--Munich.