Sandra McGee
Deutsch, "The Extreme Right in the ABC Countries and its Impact
on Jews: A Historical Perspective"
Abstract:
Argentina, Brazil, and Chile became host societies for Jewish
immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
By the 1930s, these countries witnessed the rise of radical
right wing movements. Of the three countries, Argentina had
the largest Jewish population and its extreme right attained
the most enduring influence. Not surprisingly, the Argentine
extreme right was and remains virulently anti-Semitic; such
prejudice, however, has played a less important role in the
Brazilian and Chilean variants. The Argentine radical right
and its anti-Semitic beliefs continue to influence local conditions
for Jews, as demonstrated in the bombing of the Jewish community
center, the AMIA, in 1994. Still, even in Argentina, there are
favorable signs of change for the Jewish community
About
Sandra McGee Deutsch: Sandra McGee Deutsch is a professor
of history at the University of Texas- El Paso. She is the author
of Counterrevolution in Argentina, 1900-1932: The Argentine
Patriotic League (Lincoln, 1986) and Las Derechas: The
Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890-1939
(Stanford, 1999). Co-editor of The Argentine Right: Its History
and Intellectual Origins, 1910 to the Present (Wilimington,
1993), she also has written articles on rightist groups, anti-Semitism,
women, and gender issues in Latin America. Presently, she is
working on a history of Argentine Jewish women.
