The Myth of Jewish Communism

The Author: André Gerrits is Associate Professor in East European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, where he holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, and Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael).

Contents: A Controversial Issue – Shifting Paradigms of Jewish History – Anti-Semitism and Anti-communism – The Anatomy of a Myth – The Force of Nationalism and the Rise of the Jews – Jews and Revolution: The Polish Case – The Jewish Response – The Non-Jewish Jew – Figures, Facts, and Interpretations – The «People’s Republics» – The Myth of Jewish Stalinism – Communist Anti-Semitism – Communists as Jews. Inhaltsverzeichnis