Gisela C. Lebzelter is an

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, and

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, and an expert on

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and

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. Scholars who study British fascism and antisemitism frequently cite her 1978 book ''Political Anti-Semitism in England 1918-1939''—a revision of her thesis submitted to St Antony's College, Oxford. Lebzelter has done much research on

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(responsible for repeatedly publishing ''

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'' in the UK), including its founding President,

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, and his successor, John Henry Clarke. Dr. Lebzelter has a non-Jewish background. She was a student at the

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and

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."Antisemitism In Britain", ''AJR Information'', November 1980
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Works

* ''Political Anti-Semitism in England, 1918-1939'' :(Thesis .Phil.-University of Oxford, 1977) :Description: 5, ii, 349 leaves: ill.; 30 cm. :BLDSC reference no.: D37413/87. * ''Ibid.'' :(New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1978) : * ''Ibid.'' :(London: Macmillan, in association with St Antony’s College, Oxford, 1978) :

Notes

References

* Davies, Alan T. and Marilyn F. Nefsky, ''How Silent Were the Churches?: Canadian Protestantism and the Jewish Plight During the Nazi Era'', (Waterloo, Ont.:

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, 1997), , (pbk.) * Ceplair, Larry S., ''Under the Shadow of War: Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and Marxists, 1918-1939'', (New York:

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, 1987), * Spurr, Michael A., "'Playing for Fascism': Sportsmanship, Antisemitism and the British Union of Fascists", ''

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'', Volume 37, Issue 4, December 2003, pp. 359–376

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