Leopold von Mildenstein and the Jewish Question

This paper examines Leopold von Mildenstein, the chief of the Judenreferat of the SD, the intelligence service of the Nazi SS and his attempt to solve the so-called Jewish Question through Zionist emigration in prewar Nazi Germany. Mildenstein’s Zionism was contingent upon the German Zionist movement’s success in effecting Jewish emigration to Palestine. When international factors such as the Arab revolt made this impossible, Mildenstein left the SD and joined the Propaganda Ministry where he worked to undermine his former policies by inciting Arabs in Palestine against British rule and Jewish colonization. Mildenstein’s story is exemplary of the broader radicalization of Nazi Jewish policy. It demonstrates the importance of international factors as well as the reluctance of the SD and its parent organization, the SS, to implement more radical measures to solve the Jewish Question.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor dc:publisher

Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Verbovszky, Joseph

Contributors dc:contributor

• Geller, Jay

• History
• Leopold von Mildenstein
• Jewish Question
• Mildenstein
• Nazis
• Nazi Jewish Policies
• antisemitism
• Zionism Nazi Germany
• Nazi Zionist Relationship
• Holocaust
• Final Solution
• Palestine
• Nazi Propaganda
• A Nazi travels to Palestine
• Heydrich
• Goebbels

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1365174634

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:case1365174634