The lion and the star
Subtitle: gentile-Jewish relations in three Hessian communities, 1919-1945
By: Jonathan C. Friedman.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: 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.
Description: Friedman examines three German communities of different sizes - Frankfurt am Main, Giessen, and Geisenheim. Symbolized by the Hessian heraldic lion, these communities represent a cross-section of both Gentile and Jewish society in Germany during the Weimar and Nazi years.

Conducting research in the United States, Germany, England, and Israel, he gleaned information from interviews, memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, church and synagogue records, censuses, government documents, and reports from Nazi and resistance organizations. Friedman's comparative analysis offers a balanced response to recent scholarly works condemning the entire German people for their complicity in the Holocaust.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-283) and index.