The persistence of antisemitism

Prof. Alvin H. Rosenfeld

The self-reflection that was demanded of the world following the Holocaust brought about major changes in the way bigotry, prejudice, and intolerance were addressed and confronted, especially in the West. It is because of these changes and the horrific outcomes of the Holocaust that many expected antisemitism to become significantly reduced if not completely eliminated in the post-Holocaust era. Looking back at the years following the Holocaust and at the contemporary world today, one can ask whether these expectations proved to be correct.

What happened to antisemitism in the decades following the Holocaust?

References

• Rosenfeld, Alvin H., The End of the Holocaust (Boomington: Indiana University Press, 2011).

• Rosenfeld, Alvin H., Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives (Boomington: Indiana University Press, 2013).

• Rosenfeld, Alvin H., Deciphering the New Antisemitism(Boomington: Indiana University Press, 2015).

• Schwarz-Friesel, Monika and Jehuda Reinharz, Inside the Antisemitic Mind: the Language of Jew-Hatred in Contemporary Germany (Waltham, M.A.: Brandeis University Press, 2017).

• Transcript from an interview with Elie Wiesel. Interviewer is Professor Georg Klein, Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 7 Mar 2018.