A comprehensive account of Jewish life in a country that carries the
legacy of being at the epicenter of the Holocaust. Originally
published in German in 2012, this comprehensive history of Jewish life
in postwar Germany provides a systematic account of Jews and Judaism
from the Holocaust to the early 21st Century by leading experts of
modern German-Jewish history. Beginning in the immediate postwar
period with a large concentration of Eastern European Holocaust
survivors stranded in Germany, the book follows Jews during the
relative quiet period of the 50s and early 60s during which the
foundations of new Jewish life were laid. Brenner's volume goes on
to address the rise of anti-Israel sentiments after the Six Day War as
well as the beginnings of a critical confrontation with Germany's Nazi
past in the late 60s and early 70s, noting the relatively small
numbers of Jews living in Germany up to the 90s. The contributors
argue that these Jews were a powerful symbolic presence in German
society and sent a meaningful signal to the rest of the world that
Jewish life was possible again in Germany after the Holocaust.
"This volume, which illuminates a multi-faceted panorama of Jewish
life after 1945, will remain the authoritative reading on the subject
for the time to come." — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "An
eminently readable work of history that addresses an important gap in
the scholarship and will appeal to specialists and interested lay
readers alike." — Reading Religion "Comprehensive, meticulously
researched, and beautifully translated." — CHOICE
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ISBN
9780253029294
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter