ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the issues raised by Young through several case studies, which have evolved a quarter of a century after the end of the Second World War, involving what can be generally described as pressure group politics. The subject matter of these debates can all be linked to 'progressive' causes: anti-racism and campaigns on behalf of immigrants and refugees. Space will only permit passing reference to other issues such as the welfare of animals and the need for Holocaust education/museums. The destruction of the Jews was a central core of Nazi ideology and then practice, even if historians legitimately debate about the place of antisemitism in Hitler's electoral success. The Second World War also witnessed the intensification of antisemitic tendencies present since the late nineteenth century and before in the state policies of many countries within the Nazi area of influence.
