From undesirable to unassimilable: the racialization of the "Jew" in South Africa
TitoloFrom undesirable to unassimilable: the racialization of the "Jew" in South Africa
Autore
Call number940.5318/0544
Numero oggetto10566c
Luogo di pubblicazioneDetroit, Michigan, United States
EditoreWayne State University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2019
Paginazionepp72-90
MaterialeArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'Holocaust memory and racism in the post-war world pp72-90
Descrizione
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