Jewish self-defense in South America: facing anti-Semitism with a club in hand
Israel and the safety of diaspora Jews -- Eichmann's capture and the birth of the Irgún -- From spontaneous activities to an organized and institutionalized self-defense -- Beating for Zionism -- Troubled waters : the Uruguayan version of self-defense -- Nazi war criminals and Arab propagandist...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY London$
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in modern history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
South America
/ Antisemitism
/ Jews
/ Recompense
/ History 1960-1969
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| Further subjects: | B
Self-defense (South America)
History 20th century
B South America Foreign relations (Israel) B Jews (South America) History 20th century B Israel Foreign relations (South America) B Antisemitism (South America) History 20th century B Jews Violence against (South America) History 20th century B Jewish Diaspora B South America Ethnic relations |
| Summary: | Israel and the safety of diaspora Jews -- Eichmann's capture and the birth of the Irgún -- From spontaneous activities to an organized and institutionalized self-defense -- Beating for Zionism -- Troubled waters : the Uruguayan version of self-defense -- Nazi war criminals and Arab propagandists in Uruguay. "Jewish Self-Defense in South America charts the ways in which Jewish youth in Argentina and Uruguay organized self-defense groups in the wake of an anti-Semitic wave that swept the Southern Cone in the 1960s. The kidnapping of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires in 1960 and his trial and execution in Israel in 1962, as well as the assassination of the Latvian war criminal Herberts Cukurs in Montevideo in 1965, provoked violent attacks by right wing nationalist organizations against Jewish lives and property. Thousands of Jews decided to teach the antisemitic bullies a lesson and make it very clear that shedding Jewish blood would not go unpunished, that Jews were no longer passive victims. The central role that the State of Israel and its envoys played in organizing, instructing, and training self-defense activists highlights the special ties between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora. Based on more than 120 interviews with former activists of self-defense, ex-Mossad officers and veteran Israeli diplomats, as well as on archival research, this is a pioneering study on ethnicity and diaspora in a time of growing political violence in South America. This book is a valuable study for scholars and students researching Jewish history and Latin American history"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 036772488X |