“When all is said and done, a single word, “understanding,” is the beacon light of our studies —MARC BLOCH” — Helmut Walser Smith Language Copy Share Image
“Ippolit Liutostanskii, a Polish-born, defrocked Catholic priest, who, after being tried for rape, turned to anti-Semitic polemics in order to earn money.” — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
“As the army arrived in the region, the otherwise obedient West Prussian citizens stoned the troops, denouncing the men in spiked helmets… — Helmut Walser Smith Israel Copy Share Image
“The greater part of historical and natural phenomena are not simple, or not simple in the way we would like. —PRIMO LEVI” — Helmut Walser Smith History Copy Share Image
“Moritz Stern’s Source Contributions to the Position of the Popes on the Jews, which gathered together the medieval papacy’s impressive record denouncing… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
“But if initial accusations were sparse, this all changed in April, after the first journalists arrived in town.” — Helmut Walser Smith Journalism Copy Share Image
“Print could be wielded by the purveyors of prejudice as well as by the combatants for civilization” — Helmut Walser Smith Racism Copy Share Image
“It was a modern massacre: urban in origin, driven by ideology, fueled by the press, and abetted by politicians from afar.” — Helmut Walser Smith Massacre Copy Share Image
“Spoken in the context of the riots, the words did not kill but they enacted and performed, and what they performed was… — Helmut Walser Smith Judaism Copy Share Image
“Rather than demand the assimilation of Jews, he rejected them; and instead of trying to convert Jews, he declared them an implacable… — Helmut Walser Smith Judaism Copy Share Image
“For it was the rejection of the possibility of human solidarity with strangers—the critical as well as moral presupposition of civil society—that… — Helmut Walser Smith Civil society Copy Share Image
“The general education of the population also gave cause for optimism. In 1900, Germans counted among the most literate people in the… — Helmut Walser Smith Education Copy Share Image
“He even pursued the story of a four-year-old girl who bragged that her father, a Jewish merchant of herculean physical stature, had… — Helmut Walser Smith Dinner table Copy Share Image
“these instances bore none of the harrowing features of racially motivated torture, mutilation, and cruelty endemic to Euro-American lynching of African Americans.… — Helmut Walser Smith African american Copy Share Image
“Efes Damim (No Blood), was originally published in Wilna in 1837 and included text in Hebrew, Latin, Russian, and Polish. The book… — Helmut Walser Smith Judaism Copy Share Image
“How do we understand prejudice, hatred, and violence in the context of modern societies, like our own, among people much like ourselves,… — Helmut Walser Smith Dark times Copy Share Image
“In 1900, imperial Germany safeguarded the rule of law and ensured the protection of its citizens, including Jews. Four decades later, the… — Helmut Walser Smith Israel Copy Share Image
“the ancient blood libel: that every year at Passover, Jews ritually slaughter Christian children and use their blood to bake matzo.” — Helmut Walser Smith Children Copy Share Image
“The murder of Ernst Winter and the violence that followed provided the struggling anti-Semitic parties with an opportunity to revitalize their movement.” — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
“they called in the Prussian army to restore order and protect the Jews, who numbered just over three hundred men, women, and… — Helmut Walser Smith Judaism Copy Share Image
“Staatsbürgerzeitung, an anti-Semitic newspaper that mixed news and prejudice so thoroughly as to render them indistinguishable.” — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
“Frank showed that the accusations had almost always been fabricated and that in almost all cases the church, as well as many… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
