History of Jews in Germany Since 1945

Politics, Culture, and Society

AvMichael Brenner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien Indiana University Press (IPS)

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Beskrivning

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 fifties and early sixties 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 sixties and early seventies, noting the relatively small numbers of Jews living in Germany up to the 1990s. 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 landmark history presents a comprehensive account of reconstruction of a multifaceted Jewish life in a country that carries the legacy of being at the epicenter of the Holocaust.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt:871 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor:528
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253025678
Översättare:Kenneth Kronenberg

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Michael Brenner is Professor of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich and Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies at American University in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and International President of the Leo Baeck Institute. Brenner's publications include A Short History of the Jews, Prophets of the Past: Interpreters of Jewish History, Zionism: A Short History, and he is a contributing author to the four-volume German-Jewish History in Modern Times.

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This very readable book edited by Michael Brenner deals with the continuities and changes in the history of Jews in Germany after 1945 and for the first time constitutes a systematic history of the Jewish community in postwar Germany until the present time. Together with eight modern historians, Brenner presents a thoroughly researched chronicle and always differentiated interpretations of the events.(Neue Zürcher Zeitung) 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) A lot of archival work was necessary (for the first chapter). Thus, there is a huge amount of information already on the first 140 pages of this excellent work. This first part clarifies the difficult situation of Liberal, Orthodox, and Zionist Jews, who were looking for a new home.(Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Michael BrennerBanished: Jews in Germany after the Holocaust Dan DinerPart One: Way Station 1945–1949Atina Grossmann and Tamar Lewinsky1. Displaced Persons2. An Autonomous Society3. German Jews4. Dissolution and EstablishmentPart Two: 1950–1967 Michael Brenner and Norbert Frei5. Institutional New Beginning6. Religion and Culture7. German Jews or Jews in Germany?8. After the Deed9. Germans and Jews during the Decade of the "Enlightenment"Part Three: 1968–1989 AlignmentsConstantin Goschler and Anthony Kauders10. The Jewish Community11. The Jews in German SocietyPart Four: 1990–2012New Directions12. The Russian-Jewish ImmigrationYfaat Weiss and Lena Gorelik13. A New German Jewry?Michael BrennerAppendixAcknowledgmentsTimelineChairpersons and Presidents of the Central Council of Jews in GermanyStatisticsAbbreviationsArchivesReferences