Ethnic Minorities in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Germany

Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Turks and Others

• Author(s): Panikos Panayi,
• Publisher: Longman
• Pages: 288
• ISBN_10: 0582267714
  ISBN_13: 9780582267718
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / General , History / Europe / Germany , History / Modern / 20th Century / General , History / Social History , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Minority Studies , Social Science / Discrimination , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... This is the first book to trace the history of all ethnic minorities in Germany during the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries Ethnic Minorities in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Germany argues that all of the different types of states in Germany since 1800 have displayed some level of hostility towards ethnic minorities. While this reached its peak under the Nazis, the book suggests a continuity of intolerance towards ethnic minorities from 1800 that continued into the Federal Republic. During this long period German states were home to three different types of ethnic minorities in the form of: dispersed Jews and Gypsies; localized minorities such as Serbs, Poles and Danes; and immigrants from the 1880s. Taking a chronological approach that runs into the new Millennium, Panikos Panayi traces the history of all of these ethnic groups, illustrating their relationship with the German government and with the rest of the German populace. He demonstrates that Germany provides a perfect testing ground for examining how different forms of rule deal with minorities, including monarchy, liberal democracy, fascism and communism.