Lovable Crooks and Loathsome Jews

Antisemitism in German and Austrian Crime Writing Before the World Wars

Nonfiction, History, Germany, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: T.S. Kord ISBN: 9781476633961
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: October 17, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: T.S. Kord
ISBN: 9781476633961
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: October 17, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

In the years leading up to the World Wars, Germany and Austria saw an unprecedented increase in the study and depiction of the criminal. Science, journalism and crime fiction were obsessed with delinquents while ignoring the social causes of crime. As criminologists measured criminals’ heads and debated biological predestination, court reporters and crime writers wrote side-splitting or heart-rending stories featuring one of the most popular characters ever created—the hilarious or piteous crook. The author examines the figure of the crook and notions of “Jewish” criminality in a range of antisemitic writing, from Nazi propaganda to court reporting to forgotten classics of crime fiction.

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In the years leading up to the World Wars, Germany and Austria saw an unprecedented increase in the study and depiction of the criminal. Science, journalism and crime fiction were obsessed with delinquents while ignoring the social causes of crime. As criminologists measured criminals’ heads and debated biological predestination, court reporters and crime writers wrote side-splitting or heart-rending stories featuring one of the most popular characters ever created—the hilarious or piteous crook. The author examines the figure of the crook and notions of “Jewish” criminality in a range of antisemitic writing, from Nazi propaganda to court reporting to forgotten classics of crime fiction.

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