Final sale in Berlin : the destruction of Jewish commercial activity, 1930-1945 / Christoph Kreutzmüller ; translated by Jane Paulick and Jefferson Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kreutzmüller, Christoph, author.

Standardized Title:

Ausverkauf. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-Jewish boycotts--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.

Anti-Jewish boycotts.

Antisemitism--Germany--Berlin.

Antisemitism.

Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Berlin.

Jews.

Jews--Persecutions.

History.

Germany--Berlin.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Berlin

Economy

Jewish commercial activity

Violent persecution

Bureaucratic persecution

Voyeurs and profiteers

The destruction of Jewish commercial activity

Institutional counter-strategies

Individual counter-strategies

Emigration

Case studies

The deportation of Jewish businesspeople.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-364) and index.

ISBN:

9781782388128

1782388125

OCLC:

896787593