The Language of Nazi Genocide

Linguistic Violence and the Struggle of Germans of Jewish Ancestry

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ID19918804
AuthorsThomas Pegelow Kaplan (0000-0003-0973-6834, Appalachian State University, corresponding author), Thomas Pegelow
Year2009
Publication date2009-08-24
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueLanguage of Nazi Genocide (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139059916
OpenAlexW596332238
Open LibraryOL23192024M
ISBN9781139059916
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited57

In the Nazi genocide of European Jews, words preceded, accompanied, and made mass murder possible. Using a multilayered approach to connect official language to everyday life, historian Thomas Pegelow Kaplan analyzes the role of language in genocide. This study seeks to comprehend how the perpetrators constructed difference, race, and their perceived enemies; how Nazi agencies communicated to the public through the nation's press; and how Germans of Jewish ancestry received, contested, and struggled for survival and self against remarkable odds. The Language of Nazi Genocide covers the historical periods of the late Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, and early postwar Germany. However, by addressing the architecture of conceptual separation between groups and the means by which social aggression is disseminated, this study offers a model for comparative studies of linguistic violence, hate speech, and genocide in the modern world

Criminology · Genocide · Judaism · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · 20th century · Antisemitism · Antisemitism in language · Antisemitism in the press · Causes · Ethnic relations · Europe · German language · Germany · Government and the press · Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) · Jews · Mass media · Press and politics · Press coverage · Social aspects · Social aspects of German language · Social aspects of Mass media

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