The lion and the star : Gentile-Jewish relations in three Hessian communities, 1919-1945 / Jonathan C. Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Jonathan C., 1966-

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jews--Germany--Giessen (Hesse)--History--20th century.

Jews--Germany--Geisenheim--History--20th century.

Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.

History.

Germany.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Germany--Geisenheim.

Germany--Giessen (Hesse).

Germany--Frankfurt am Main.

Physical Description:

292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1998.

Summary:

Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Jonathan Friedman closely scrutinizes complex German social relations in the volatile pre-World War II years in an attempt to determine if Hitler and his Third Reich alone were responsible for the Holocaust--or if the greater German society and culture of the time were equally at fault.

Contents:

1. Jewish Emancipation to 1919 15

2. Demography and Socioeconomic Structure 25

3. The Liberal-Jewish Model: Under Attack from Within 47

4. Gesellschaft vs. Gemeinschaft: Gentile-Jewish Relations before 1933 63

5. Jew-Hatred or "Arbeit und Brot!" Antisemitism and the Electoral Rise of the Nazis 103

6. Close to the Edge: Relations during the Early Years of the Third Reich 125

7. Relations during the "Final Solution" 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

0813120438

OCLC:

37361769