A Specter Haunting Europe. The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism
A Specter Haunting Europe. The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism
Author(s): Paul HanebrinkSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Communism, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust-Studien
Keywords: conspiratorial antisemitism;myth of Judeo-Bolshevism;Russian Revolution;
Summary/Abstract: Today, fantasies of Jewish conspiracy cast Jews as cosmopolitan agents of globalisation and as enemies of national values. But conspiratorial antisemitism has taken many different forms. In the twentieth century, none was more potent or more destructive than the myth of Judeo-Bolshevism – the paranoid fear that Jews incited and directed Communist revolutions in order to advance their own interests. This text will discuss the history of the Judeo-Bolshevik myth, analyse its shifting functions from the Russian Revolution to the end of Communism in 1989, and explore the legacy that this myth has for today.
Journal: S:I.M.O.N. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation.
- Issue Year: 8/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 104-113
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English