Nazi Germany, Canadian Responses: Confronting Antisemitism in the Shadow of War - Klein, L. Ruth

Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; How much did Canadians know at the time about the horrors unfolding against the Jews of Europe? Where did their information come from? And how did they respond, on both public and institutional levels, to the events that marked Hitler's march to power: the 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws, the 1936 Olympics, Kristallnacht, and the crisis of the MS St Louis? The contributors to this collection turn to the wider public sphere for answers: the media, the world of literature, the university campus, the realm of international sport, and networks of community activism Their findings reveal that the persecutions and atrocities taking place in Nazi Germany inspired a range of responses from ordinary Canadians, from indifference to outrage to quiet acquiescience.
Near Fine
Soft cover
McGill-Queen's University Press
2012
Montreal, QC