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Author:

Wallis, Russell, author.

Title:

Britain, Germany and the road to the Holocaust : British attitudes towards Nazi atrocities / Russell Wallis.

Publisher:

I.B. Tauris,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

vii, 328 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion.
Public opinion--Great Britain.
Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
Germany--Foreign public opinion, British.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.
Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Notes:

Revision of the author's doctoral thesis. 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.

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:

International library of twentieth century history ; 55

ISBN:

178076345X (hbk.)
9781780763453 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)828417149

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)