Abstract
This paper explores D.F. Malan’s attitudes towards the Jews in the context of burgeoning Afrikaner nationalism and the challenge of the radical right in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning with the Quota Act of 1930, Malan increasingly expressed hostility towards Jews. Fuelled by opposition towards German-Jewish immigration and subsequently calling for limitations on Jewish occupations and opportunities in South Africa, Malan denied any anti-Jewish animus. Yet his rhetoric was increasingly shrill through the 1930s. Was Malan simply an opportunist or was he genuinely hostile? While opportunism was a feature of his political style, and while some of his attacks were in all likelihood politically driven, too often he appeared consumed by imaginary Jewish machinations. Nevertheless, it needs to be acknowledged that Malan turned away from the “Jewish Question” soon after World War II and refused to kowtow to those wishing to maintain anti-Jewish policies.
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