"עבר שימושי" לנוכח משבר יהודי אירופה: היסטוריוגרפיה יהודית פופולרית בגרמניה, בצרפת ובהונגריה בשנות השלושים

Discusses Jewish responses to fascism and Nazism in Germany, France, and Hungary in the 1930s, which were based on the "useful past" created by Jews in these countries in the 19th century to connect them to the countries in which they lived. Focuses on articles in Jewish periodicals written by liberal, assimilationist Jews, who used historical events and figures to help readers deal with the new threats. In Germany, liberal Jewish historians stressed positive aspects of German Jewish history. In France, they stressed the roots of the Jews in the country, as well as their faith in the heritage of the revolution and in the emancipation. With the waves of Jewish immigrants arriving in the mid-1930s, they also attempted to portray France as a country which traditionally absorbs immigrants fleeing from persecution. In Hungary, they stressed the ethos of assimilation, the strong connections between Hungarians and Jews, and Jewish contributions to the country, while declaring that antisemitism was foreign to Hungarians. Notes that Jewish writers also used national commemorations to express their solidarity with each country.