Echoes of Nazi antisemitism in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s

The rise of the radical right in South Africa and the escalation of antisemitism was a product of specific circumstances: Hitler's ascent to power, domestic political instability, the influx of German-Jewish refugees, Jewish upward mobility, a divisive 'European ' war and the growth of Afrikaner Christian-Nationalism. Long-standing ties with Germany and an historic hostility to Britain facilitated the transference of antisemitism from the sphere of ideas into the party-political realm