Europe's crumbling myths: the post-Holocaust origins of today's anti-Semitism

A war criminal had better survival chances in twentieth century Europe than a Jew. This sad assessment underlines the gravity of the Holocaust bloodbath, as well as the Europerans' leniency toward the murderers in the post-Holocaust period. EUROPE'S CRUMBLING MYTHS explores how developments in post-Holocaust Europe already prefigured the adversities Israel and the Jews face there today. It shows how new anti-Semitism is more a continuation and development, than an innovation. Few people realize how rampant anti-Semitism and discrimination of the Jews were in post-Holocaust Europe, and how the legacy of that period laid the basis for today's resurgence of European anti-Semitism. When exposing the persistent anti-Semitic character of many current European attacks on Israel, examples taken from Europe's recent history must play a major role. This book provides an analysis of Europe's moral attitude toward the Jews in the post-war period.