Offenders or Victims?

Olaf Blaschke is an assistant professor of modern history at Trier University in Germany. He was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, England, as Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, 2001–2, and a visiting fellow at Lund University, Sweden, 2004–5. He is the author of Katholizismus und Antisemitismus im Deutschen Kaiserreich, 2nd ed.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Catholic Attitudes toward Jews-Challenging Explanations of Catholic Antisemitism-The Nature of Catholic Antisemitism2. Jewish Attitudes towards Catholics-Explaining Antisemitism with Regard to "Jewish Offenders"-Explaining Catholic Antisemitism without Jews3. Jewish Views of Catholic Antisemitism-Emphasizing Good Relations between Jews and Catholics-Presenting Catholic Antisemites as Exceptions-Referring to Antisemitism DirectlyConclusion: Explaining Antisemitism without Reference to JewsSources and LiteratureIndex

"Blaschke's work is as deeply research as it is valuable and suggestive."—William D. Rubinstein, Journal of Jewish Studies