The Jews in Weimar Germany
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: December 4, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780765806925
Subjects: European history: Second World War; Jewish studies; Second World War, 1939-1945; History; Germany - History; History Of Jews; Military - World War II; History - General History; Jewish - General; History: World; Germany; HIS; HIS027100; Europe - Germany; Social Science / Jewish Studies; Civilization; Jews; Politics and government; 20th century; Antisemitism; Jewish influences
Description: "The first comprehensive history of the German Jews on the eve of Hitler's seizure of power, this book examines both their internal debates and their relations with larger German society. It shows that, far from being united, German Jewry was deeply divided along religious, political, and ideological fault lines. Above all, the liberal majority of patriotic and assimilationist Jews was forced to sharpen its self-definition by the onslaught of Zionist zealots who denied the "Germanness" of the Jews.

This struggle for the heart and soul of German Jewry was fought at every level, affecting families, synagogues, and community institutions."--BOOK JACKET.