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The new life : Jewish students of postwar Germany / Jeremy Varon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varon, Jeremy, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Germany--History--1945-1990.
- Jews.
- Jewish students--Germany--History--20th century.
- Jewish students.
- Jews--Education (Higher)--Germany--History--20th century.
- Holocaust survivors--Germany--History--20th century.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (378 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the experiences of Jewish university students, survivors of the Holocaust who either remained as displaced persons in Germany or fled eastern Europe to the parts of Germany occupied by western powers as refugees-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "I knew one thing
- I have to study" : early education and dreams of the future
- "You survive because you survive" : occupation, exile, and the Holocaust
- "We create" : the origins and evolution of the Jewish Students' Union
- "The new life" : education and renewal in occupied Germany
- "Surviving survival" : living with the Holocaust and among the Germans
- "Pioneers, not scholars" : the Jewish students and Zionism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8143-3962-X
- OCLC:
- 884534724
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