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The Jew in Czech and Slovak Imagination, 1938-89
Antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Zionism
Series: - Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Volume: 60
The Jew in Czech and Slovak Imagination,1938-89 is the first critical inquiry into the nature of anti-Jewish prejudices in both main parts of former Czechoslovakia. The authors identify anti-Jewish prejudices over almost fifty years of the twentieth century, focusing primarily on the post-Munich period and the Second World War (1938â45), the post-war reconstruction (1945â48), as well as the Communist rule with both its thaws and returns to hardline rule (1948â89). It is a provocative examination of the construction of the image of âthe Jewâ in the Czech and Slovak majority societies, the assigning of character and other traits â real or imaginary â to individuals or groups. The book analyses the impact of these constructed images on the attitudes of the majority societies towards the Jews, and on Holocaust memory in the country.
"This meticulously researched study covers the late 1930s to the 1960s in Czechoslovakia, then when Slovakia became a separate country under Nazi domination during WW II and much of the Czech Republic was a German 'protectorate.'...Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals." - R.M. Seltzer, emeritus, Hunter College, CUNY, in: CHOICE 55.12 (2018)
"This meticulously researched study covers the late 1930s to the 1960s in Czechoslovakia, then when Slovakia became a separate country under Nazi domination during WW II and much of the Czech Republic was a German 'protectorate.'...Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals." - R.M. Seltzer, emeritus, Hunter College, CUNY, in: CHOICE 55.12 (2018)
Hana Kubátová, Ph.D. (1980) is Assistant Professor at the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Her areas of research include majority-minority relations in Slovakia, social history of the Holocaust, and the relationship between memory and robbery. She has co-edited Jews and Gentiles in Central and Eastern Europe during the Holocaust. History and Memory (Routledge, 2018).
Jan LánÃÄek, Ph.D. (1981) is Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He specialises in modern European history and Jewish/non-Jewish relations during the Holocaust. He is the author of Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-1948 (Palgrave, 2013) and ArnoÅ¡t Frischer and the Jewish Politics of Early 20th-Century Europe (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016). He also co-edited Governments-in-Exile and the Jews during the Second World War (Vallentine Mitchell, 2013).
Jan LánÃÄek, Ph.D. (1981) is Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He specialises in modern European history and Jewish/non-Jewish relations during the Holocaust. He is the author of Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-1948 (Palgrave, 2013) and ArnoÅ¡t Frischer and the Jewish Politics of Early 20th-Century Europe (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016). He also co-edited Governments-in-Exile and the Jews during the Second World War (Vallentine Mitchell, 2013).
"This meticulously researched study covers the late 1930s to the 1960s in Czechoslovakia, then when Slovakia became a separate country under Nazi domination during WW II and much of the Czech Republic was a German âprotectorate.â...Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals." - R.M. Seltzer, emeritus, Hunter College, CUNY, in: CHOICE, August 2018 Vol. 55 No. 12
Acknowledgements Introduction âObjectives, Terminology and Approach 1 The Public Image of the âJewâ during the War âCzechs and Slovaks Picture Each Other âThe âJewâ and 1938 âFilm ââKohn Greets Saraâ: Radio Waves and the Image of the Jew âMetaphors and Allegories of the âJewâ in the Press 2 The âJewâ in the Popular Opinion âCollaboration in the Protectorate and Slovakia âMethodology âThe Regime in the Protectorate and in âIndependentâ Slovakia âRobbery âThe Breaking Point âReturn of the Jews 3 The âJewâ as a Reminder âTales of Suffering ââWe Know That You Are Not Guilty!â: Origins of the Postwar Myths âHeroes and Cowards âCollaboration and Guilt âJews as Collaborators 4 When They Write âZionistâ, They Mean âJewâ âCzechoslovakia and Zionism until the Communist Takeover âZionism As a Progressive Force? âJew as a Zionist âZionist Conspiracy with a âHuman Faceâ Conclusion Bibliography
All interested in the history of Jews in Europe, the Second World War, the Holocaust, Israel, antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Upper level undergraduate students (UK, USA), postgraduate students; academics.