RT Article
T1 Building “Something That Lasts”: Jewish Reactions to Persistent Nazi Antisemitism in Norway, 1945–1978
JF European journal of jewish studies
VO 18
IS 2
SP 277
OP 300
A1 David, Noa Ben
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1908108355
AB This article analyses Jewish reactions to post-Holocaust hostility and discrimination in Norway, through three case studies: (1) Trials against Nazis and Norwegian collaborators in the National Legal Purge of the immediate postwar years. (2) The 1960 ‘Swastika Epidemic,’ characterized by graffiti on properties and threats against Jewish individuals, which prompted Jewish community efforts to promote an anti-racist bill. (3) The trial against neo-Nazi high school teacher Olav Hoaas in 1976, among the first to be convicted in accordance with the new Article 135a of the law against incitement to racial hatred. Using archival records from the Jewish community and press material, this study explores how the actors defined and developed response strategies against antisemitism. The article explains the integrationist function of combatting antisemitism, as individuals asserted themselves as part of the national community by defending Norway’s democratic values. It highlights collective action and alliances in countering antisemitism, marking Norway as an early example legislating against racism in Europe after 1945.
K1 anti-racist legislation
K1 Jewish responses to antisemitism
K1 Neo-Nazism
K1 Jewish integration
K1 antisemitism in Norway
DO 10.1163/1872471x-bja10084