Final Sale in Berlin
Subtitle: The Destruction of Jewish Commercial Activity, 1930-1945
By: Christoph Kreutzmüller ; translated by Jane Paulick and Jefferson Chase
Edition: English-language edition.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781782388128; 9781782388135
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Anti-Jewish boycotts; Antisemitism; Jews; Persecutions; History
Work titles: Ausverkauf
Description: Before the Nazis took power, Jewish businesspeople in Berlin thrived alongside their non-Jewish neighbors. But Nazi racism changed that, gradually destroying Jewish businesses before murdering the Jews themselves. Reconstructing the fate of more than 8,000 companies, this book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish economic activity and its obliteration. Rather than just examining the steps taken by the persecutors, it also tells the stories of Jewish strategies in countering the effects of persecution. In doing so, this book exposes a fascinating paradox where Berlin, serving as the administrative heart of the Third Reich, was also the site of a dense network for Jewish self-help and assertion.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-364) and index.
Table of contents: title: Berlin; title: Economy; title: Jewish commercial activity; title: Violent persecution; title: Bureaucratic persecution; title: Voyeurs and profiteers; title: The destruction of Jewish commercial activity; title: Institutional counter-strategies; title: Individual counter-strategies; title: Emigration; title: Case studies; title: The deportation of Jewish businesspeople.