Overview
Both produced and distributed in a clandestine manner in Germany in the early 1930s, Anti-Anti is an intuitive guide to refuting antisemitism. A loose-leaf brochure, the handbook was collaboratively written so as to assist journalists, politicians, writers and teachers, as well as the general public, with how to counter common misconceptions and prejudices towards Jews. Hugely influential upon first publication, with hundreds of thousands of copies in circulation, Anti-Anti ranges between topics, including Kosher and the 'Elders of Zion', and systematically dispels violent myths and misconceptions associated with German Jews, as well as tackling the misappropriation of contemporary figures, such as Otto van Bismarck, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Henry Ford. Together, the guide offers an expansive, incisive critique of antisemitic thought, while fiercely campaigning for the civil rights of Germans of Jewish faith. Now published in the English language for the first time, Anti-Anti offers a sweeping, and discomfiting, snapshot of Germany in the days leading up to Hitler's ascension. Yet in its focus on rapid structural change, nationalism, and the impact of misinformation, it also speaks powerfully to the world today, and the worrying resurgence of antisemitic thought.
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Author: Central Association of Germans of Jewish Faith ,
Jessica West
Publisher: Granta Books
Imprint: Granta Books
ISBN: 9781783789863
ISBN 10: 1783789867
Publication Date: 07 November 2024
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Author Information
Founded in 1893, The Central Association of Germans of Jewish Faith was an organisation dedicated to advancing the civil rights of German Jews in the face of rising antisemitism. Among its many activities, it published a newspaper - the CV-Zeitung - which was widely read among Jewish communities in Germany. One of the Association's offices, the Buro Wilhelmstrasse, was the forerunner of the Wiener Holocaust Library in London. The author of Anti-Anti is unknown, but Alfred Wiener, Hans Reichmann and Walter Gyssling are believed to be among those who contributed to the pamphlets. The Association was disbanded shortly after Kristallnacht, in 1938. The Wiener Holocaust Library is Britain's largest collection of printed and archival material covering the Holocaust and genocide. Anthony Kauders is Professor of Modern History at Keele University. Jessica West is a translator from the German, whose prior work includes the translation of Peter Wohlleben's The Weather Detective.
