Between Dignity and Despair
Subtitle: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany
Series: Studies in Jewish history
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 31, 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780195130928
First sentence: From the outset, the Nazi government used legislation, administrative decrees, and propaganda to defame and ostracize Jews and to lower their social, economic, and legal standing.
Notes: Winner of the National Jewish Book Award. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Winner of the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History, Wiener Library, London.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: In public : Jews are turned into pariahs, 1933-1938; title: In private : the daily lives of Jewish women and families, 1933-1938; title: Jewish and "mixed" families; title: The daily lives of Jewish children and youth in the "Third Reich"; title: The November pogrom and its aftermath; title: War and the worsening situation of Jews; title: Forced labor and deportations; title: Life underground; title: Conclusion