Being Ironic with Antisemitism: Responses of the weekly paper Mundo Judío to the Chilean Partido Nacional Fascista (1938-1940)

Authors

  • Gustavo Guzmán Castro Universidad de Chile

Abstract

During the thirties many right-wing nationalist groups appeared in Chile. Most of them declared to be against Liberalism, Democracy and Communism. In some cases these groups also embraced the Fascism and the Antisemitism coming from Europe, developing anti-Semitic campaigns, unprecedented in the Chilean History. This article enquires in the responses of the weekly paper Mundo Judío, main press publication of the Chilean Jewish community during the thirties, to the Antisemitism of the Raúl Olivares Maturana‟s Partido Nacional Fascista, the most radical Chilean fascist group of the period, distinguishing differences with the former responses to Chilean fascism.

Keywords:

Antisemitism in Chile, Mundo Judío, Chilean Partido Nacional Fascista Chilean Zionist press