Crime of My Very Existence

Michael Berkowitz is Professor of Modern Jewish History in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. He is author of The Jewish Self-Image, Western Jewry and the Zionist Project, and Zionist Culture and West European Jewry before the First World War, and has co-edited, most recently, Fighting Back? Jewish and Black Boxers in Britain.

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Above Suspicion? Facts, Myths, and Lies about Jews and Crime 2. The Construction of "Jewish Criminality" in Nazi Germany 3. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the Ghettos 4. Inverting the Innocent and the Criminal in Concentration Camps 5. Re-presenting Zionism as the Apex of Global Conspiracy 6. Lingering Stereotypes and Jewish Displaced Persons 7. Jewish DPs Confronting the Law: Prescriptions, Self-Perceptions, and Pride of Self-Control Epilogue: The Estonia Enigma Notes Index

"Making excellent use of rich archival resources, Berkowitz has constructed a tightly argued study... A worthwhile, suggestive investigation that belongs in every library." Choice