Economic trust in the 'racial state'. A case study from the German countryside
TitleEconomic trust in the 'racial state'. A case study from the German countryside
Author
Call number940.5318/0478
Object number09999c
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Year of publication
2016
Physical descriptionpp47-67
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe Holocaust and its contexts
ISBN9781137569837
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust and European societies : social processes and social dynamics' pp47-67
Description
Discusses relations between Jewish cattle-dealers and non Jewish farmers in the German countryside. These relations depended strongly on mutual economic trust, and neither political pressure nor anti-semitic agitation could break them. Many farmers needed the Jewish cattle-dealers out of economic self-interest. Nevertheless they could exploit the situation for their own benefit, and this was one of the reason why the Jewish cattle-dealers were finally pushed out of the market