Bukey, Evan Burr, 1940-

Hitler's hometown : Linz, Austria, 1908-1945 / Evan Burr Bukey.

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1986.

xv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Before World War I, Linz was a center for the antisemitic Pan-German nationalist movement led by Georg Ritter von Schönerer. The more pragmatic local leader, Carl Beurle, also used antisemitic propaganda, though few Jews lived in Linz. After 1918 the city was ruled by Social Democrats. From the late 1920s on, fascism and Nazism were on the rise, yet the reactionary antisemitic Bishop Gföllner and the Church opposed Nazism as anti-Christian and condemned racism. From 1936 the Nazis began to publish the antisemitic "Österreichischer Beobachter" and to attract the middle class. In February 1937 there was a violent campaign against Jewish businesses. Linz welcomed Hitler and the Anschluss, and Hitler's program of full employment and beautifying the city ensured general support for Nazism. While Bishop Gföllner tried to resist Nazi control of the Church, he took no action on behalf of converted Jews. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).

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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
National socialism.
Nazisme.
National Socialism.
Politics and government
Linz (Austria) Politics and government.
Austria Linz

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 200761
Cote: DB879.L6 B84 1986
Statut: Disponible