AMBIVALENCE OR ANTISEMITISM?: CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES AND RESPONSES IN BRITIAN TO THE CRISIS OF EUROPEAN JEWRY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
This article explores Christian responses in Britain to the attempted destruction of the Jews in the Second World War. It suggests that although the atrocities committed by the Nazis created some sympathy towards European Jewry, the past legacy of antisemitism and ambivalence with regard to the Jews...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1990
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1990, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 175-189 |
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| Summary: | This article explores Christian responses in Britain to the attempted destruction of the Jews in the Second World War. It suggests that although the atrocities committed by the Nazis created some sympathy towards European Jewry, the past legacy of antisemitism and ambivalence with regard to the Jews limited Christian comprehension of the full enormity of the Jewish plight Individuals such as James Parkes, who wanted to adopt a different Christian approach to the Jews, were isolated, even within the Council of Christians and Jews, itself formed in 1942. As a result little was done in Britain to pressurise the government into pursuing a more vigorous rescue policy during the war. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/5.2.175 |