6. The Nazis Perceptions of the Dönmes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. About the Author 3
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
4. ABBREVIATIONS 8
5. PREFACE 11
6. 1. A Scapcgoat for All Seasons: the Dônmes or Crypto-Jews of Turkey 17
7. 2. A Delusional Obsession: the "Dônme" Question 89
8. 3. Statements by Persons Accused of Being Dönmes 105
9. 4. The Dönmes in Memoirs and Interviews 117
10. 5. A Testimony by V. Avdet: "How I Discovered the Truth About My Ancestors' Origins" 189
11. 6. The Nazis Perceptions of the Dönmes 213
12. 7. Mustafa Kemal and the Claim of his Dönme Roots 223
13. 8. The Dönmes as a Theme of Turkish Antisemitism 249
14. 9. A Recent Antisemitic Theme: The Sabbatean Role in the Armenian Genocide 277
15. 10. What is Efendi Telling us? 317
16. 11. What is Really Being Discussed Here, Sabbateanism or the Republican Regime? 351
17. 12. A Mutilated Translation: Gerschom Scholem's Sabbatai Sevi 355
18. APPENDICES 357
19. GLOSSARY 385
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 387