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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820514403321

Autore

Friedman Jonathan C. <1966->

Titolo

The lion and the star : gentile-Jewish relations in three Hessian communities, 1919-1945 / / Jonathan C. Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

0-8131-4749-2

0-8131-7012-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

943/.4164

Soggetti

Jews - Germany - Frankfurt am Main - History - 20th century

Jews - Germany - Giessen (Hesse) - History - 20th century

Jews - Germany - Geisenheim - History - 20th century

Jews - Germany - History - 1933-1945

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Germany

Germany Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction; 1. Jewish Emancipation to 1919; 2. Demography and Socioeconomic Structure; 3. The Liberal-Jewish Model: Under Attack from Within; 4. Gesellschaft vs. Gemeinschaft: Gentile-Jewish Relations before 1933; 5. Jew-Hatred or ""Arbeit und Brot!"" Antisemitism and the Electoral Rise of the Nazis; 6. Close to the Edge: Relations during the Early Years of the Third Reich; 7. Relations during the ""Final Solution""; Epilogue; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The Lion and the Star not only offers an informed glimpse into the intricacies of daily German life but also confirms the continuing danger of making sweeping generalizations about German Jews and non-Jews. In the aftermath of World War II, many viewed the Third Reich as an aberration in German history and laid blame with Hitler and his followers. Since the 1960's, historians have widened their focus, implicating ""ordinary"" Germans in the demise of German Jewry. Jonathan Friedman addresses this issue by investigation everyday



relations between German Jews and their Gentile neighbors. Friedman