A Perfect Storm - Antisemitism in South Africa 1930 - 1948 - Milton Shain
This Special Book was gifted, Inscribed and signed by the Author Milton Shain. The book was a gift and come from the personal Library of Hermann Giliomee, an author of historical and political studies, former Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town, President of the South African Institute of Race Relations and Extraordinary Professor of History at the Stellenbosch University.
A Perfect Storm - Antisemitism in South Africa 1930 - 1948 - Milton Shain
Softcover: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: November 2015
ISBN-13 978-1-86842-700-0
Condition: Very Good +. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some very slight/limited signs of wear, with a fold on the bottom right corner of the face(see pic) and the book pages are clean, intact and the corners and spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.
The 1930s and 40s were tumultuous decades in South Africa’s history. The economy declined sharply in the wake of the Wall Street crash, giving rise to a huge number of poor whites and the growth of a militant and aggressive Afrikaner nationalism that often took its lead from the Nazis in Germany.
A Perfect Storm reveals how the right-wing’s malevolent message moved from the margins to the centre of political life; how antisemitism seeped into mainstream political life with real and lasting consequences. Milton Shain, South Africa’s leading scholar of modern Jewish history, brings into sharp relief the ‘Jewish Problem’, detailing the rise of influential organisations such as the Grey Shirts and the New Order, which fanned the flames of antisemitism. He devotes considerable attention to the Ossewa-Brandwag, which, by 1941, constituted the largest yet mobilisation of Afrikaners.
The National Party itself contributed to the climate of hostility to Jews. It was instrumental in ensuring that only few of the Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany and elsewhere were permitted as immigrants. The National Party contributed to the prevailing climate of Jew-baiting. Indeed, some of its worst offenders were accorded high office after 1948 when the National Party came to power.
