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Britain, Germany and the road to the Holocaust : British attitudes towards Nazi atrocities
- Title
- Britain, Germany and the road to the Holocaust : British attitudes towards Nazi atrocities / Russell Wallis.
- Author
- Wallis, Russell.
- Publication
- London, England ; New York : I.B. Tauris, [2014]
- ©2014
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- vii, 328 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- In the 1930s, the British public's emotional response to the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, including the bombing of Guernica, shaped the mass-politics of the age. Similarly, alleged German atrocities in World War I against the Belgians and the French had led to campaigns in Britain for donations to support the victims. Why then, was the British public seemingly less concerned with the treatment of Jews in Hitler's Germany? Outlining a 'hierarchy of compassion', Russell Wallis seeks to show how and why the Holocaust met initially with such a muted response in Britain. Drawing on primary source material, Wallis shows why the Nuremberg laws were reported without great protest, along with Kristallnacht and the creation of the Prague Ghetto. Even after the reality of the 'Final Solution' was announced by Anthony Eden to the British Parliament in 1942, the Holocaust remained a footnote to the war effort. Britain, Germany and the Road to the Holocaust is a study of the British relationship with Germany in the period, and a dissection of British attitudes towards the genocide in Europe. -- Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- International library of twentieth century history ; 55
- Uniform Title
- International library of twentieth century history ; 55.
- Subjects
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Public opinion
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Public opinion > Great Britain
- Germany > Foreign public opinion, British
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Public opinion
- Social history
- Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945
- Public opinion, British
- Germany > Foreign relations > Great Britain
- 1933 - 1945
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > Germany
- Note
- Revision of the author's doctoral thesis.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index.
- Contents
- The First World War and its Aftermath. Germans: 'Frightfulness' ; Armenians: the last burst of indignation ; Jews in Poland: a legacy of mistrust -- The Rehabilitation of Germany. Post-war violence: the atrocity backlash ; Growth of appeasement ; Rise of the Nazis: working towards the Germans -- Unlikely Victims. The League of Nations: Shanghai and Abyssinia ; Atrocities in Spain: a moment of unity ; China: a forgotten campaign -- Jews under German Rule: a Hierarchy of Compassion. Escalating terror: the reluctant road to war ; War: splitting the Germans -- Conclusion -- Notes.
- Call Number
- *PXK 14-895
- ISBN
- 9781780763453 (hbk.)
- 178076345X (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 828417149
- Author
- Wallis, Russell.
- Title
- Britain, Germany and the road to the Holocaust : British attitudes towards Nazi atrocities / Russell Wallis.
- Publisher
- London, England ; New York : I.B. Tauris, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- International library of twentieth century history ; 55International library of twentieth century history ; 55.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1933 - 1945
- Research Call Number
- *PXK 14-895