Ambiguous relations
Subtitle: the American Jewish community and Germany since 1945
By: Shlomo Shafir.
Contributors: Jacob Rader Marcus Center.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
Subjects: Jews -- United States -- Politics and government.; Jews -- United States -- Attitudes.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany (West) -- Reparations.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany (West) -- Influence.; Germany (West) -- Foreign public opinion, American.
Description: Ambiguous Relations addresses for the first time the complex relationship between American Jews and Germany over the fifty years following the end of World War II, and examines American Jewry's ambiguous attitude toward Germany that continues despite sociological and generational changes within the community.

Shlomo Shafir recounts attempts by American Jews to influence U.S. policy toward Germany after the war and traces these efforts through President Reagan's infamous visit to Bitburg and beyond. He shows how Jewish demands for justice were hampered not only by America's changing attitude toward West Germany as a post-war European power but also by the distraction of anti-communist hysteria in this country.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-482) and index.
"Published in cooperation with the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio."