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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154711203321

Titolo

In Search of Jewish Community : Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933 / / edited by Michael Brenner and Derek J. Penslar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

9780253000576

0253000572

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations, tables

Altri autori (Persone)

PenslarDerek Jonathan

BrennerMichael <1964->

Disciplina

305.892/4043

Soggetti

Jews - Austria - Social conditions

Judaism - Germany - History - 20th century

Jews - Germany - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Austria Ethnic relations Congresses

Germany Ethnic relations Congresses

Austria History 1918-1938 Congresses

Germany Social conditions 1918-1933 Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of essays interrogates the nature of Jewish identity in the time between two world wars. The history of Jews in interwar Germany and Austria is often viewed either as the culmination of tremendous success in the economic and cultural realms and of individual assimilation and acculturation, or as the beginning of the road that led to Auschwitz. By contrast, this volume demonstrates a re-emerging sense of community within the German-speaking Jewish population of these two countries in the two decades after World War I. The fresh research presented here shows that while Jews may have experienced a deepening sense of impending crisis and economic decline, a renewal



of Jewish communal life took place during these years, as new groupings sprang up, including organizations for youth, for rural Jews, and for political groups such as Zionists and Bundists. Several chapters consider the impact of economic and political crises on German-Jewish family life. Together, these essays form a complex mosaic of German Jewry on the eve of its demise. "An excellent collection... well written and cogently argued." -David N. Myers