From undesirable to unassimilable: the racialization of the "Jew" in South Africa
TitreFrom undesirable to unassimilable: the racialization of the "Jew" in South Africa
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0544
N° d'objet10566c
Lieu de publicationDetroit, Michigan, United States
EditeurWayne State University Press
Année de publication
2019
Paginationpp72-90
MatérielArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'Holocaust memory and racism in the post-war world pp72-90
Description
In the 1930s and '40s Jews in South Africa were subject to virulent Nazi-inspired racism emanating from the Afrikaner nationalist right. With the implementation of apartheid in 1948, Jews were "divested of their racial essence" in order to be incorporated into the white ruling order. The "Jewish question" disappeared and the Prime Minister lauded South African Jews as a model community