Before the Holocaust : antisemitic violence and the reaction of German elites and institutions during the Nazi takeover / Hermann Beck.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-519) and index.

Introduction -- The search for archival evidence -- The wider implications: which institutions were in a position to help? -- Overview of contents -- Previous literature on antisemitic violence in 1933 -- Part I. Violence against foreign Jews -- 1. Violence against "Ostjuden" in the winter and spring of 1933 -- 2. "Ostjuden" as predetermined targets : a history of marginalization -- 3. Attacks against American and West European Jews, among others -- Part II. Violence against German Jews -- 4. Violent attacks -- 5. Pillory marches and the perfidy decree -- 6. Murder -- 7. Boycott -- 8. Legal and economic discrimination -- Part III. Reactions to antisemitic violence -- 9. The Protestant church and the "Jewish question:" the church as conscience of the nation -- 10. Protestant church leaders and the "Jewish question:" -- 11. The Protestant church between action and silence -- 12. The German Catholic church between doctrine and self-preservation -- 13. Reactions of the German administrative and judicial bureaucracy -- 14. Reactions of Hitler's conservative coalition partner -- Epilogue: how could it happen?