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In this article, I examine the social process by exploring some of the ambivalences in Jewish–non-Jewish relations at the micro level. I take a close look at the relationships between Jewish cattle dealers and non-Jewish farmers in an area of the German countryside. Here, over generations, the interaction between Jews and non-Jews had traditionally been more intimate than in urban areas; yet in rural areas the level of anti-Semitic violence was often even worse than in the towns and cities. Various layers of interaction become evident when we examine the exclusion of Jews from the economic sphere. I suggest that the relationships between Jewish cattle-traders and non-Jewish farmers were built on economic trust which continued even after anti-Semitic violence had begun to make its impact.
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Fischer, S. (2016). Economic Trust in the ‘Racial State’. A Case Study from the German Countryside. In: Bajohr, F., Löw, A. (eds) The Holocaust and European Societies. The Holocaust and its Contexts. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56984-4_4
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