Research Catalog

Title

Unser Hotel ist judenfrei : Bäder-Antisemitismus im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert / Frank Bajohr.

Author

Bajohr, Frank, 1961-

Publication

Frankfurt am Main : Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, c2003.

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Description

232 p. : ill.; 19 cm.

Summary

While the older and more prestigious German resorts welcomed Jews, the newer, middle class seaside resorts like Borkum and Zinnowitz, as well as the Bavarian mountain resorts excluded them. This exclusion was from below, from the demands of the guests. Every beach concert ended with the enthusiastic singing of a song celebrating that particular resort and its rejection of Jews. A Jew who dared set foot in one of these resorts was in danger of a near-lynching. The phenomenon began with the surge of mass tourism in the Wilhelmine period, and expanded in the Weimar period, becoming more and more radicalized politically. Legislators attempted to put a stop to the practice and prohibit the public singing of the songs, but without success. The Nazis allowed local authorities to take the initiative in banning Jews. By 1939 there was practically nowhere for Jews to vacation. "Resort antisemitism" (before 1933) was far more widespread in Austria, eastern Europe, and the US than in Germany. But in the US it was social, not political. Segregation in resorts was one of the factors preparing Germans mentally to accept and participate in Nazi persecution and expulsion of Jews. The appendices include texts of antisemitic songs of the seaside resorts and a list of antisemitic resorts and hotels compiled by the Centralverein.

Series Statement

Zeit des Nationalsozialismus

Uniform Title

Zeit des Nationalsozialismus

Subject

• 1800-1999
• History, 20th Century
• History, 19th Century
• Housing > history
• Health Resorts > history
• Prejudice
• Jews > history
• Antisemitism > Germany > History > 19th century
• Antisemitism > Germany > History > 20th century
• Health resorts > Germany > History > 19th century
• Health resorts > Germany > History > 20th century
• Hospitality industry > Germany > History > 19th century
• Hospitality industry > Germany > History > 20th century
• Discrimination in public accommodations > Germany > 19th century
• Discrimination in public accommodations > Germany > 20th century
• Germany

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-226) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain
• committed to retain

ISBN

359615796X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2003509414

OCLC

• 52387530
• SCSB-11483176

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library