Jewish daily life in Germany, 1618-1945 / edited by Marion A. Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaplan, Marion A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--History--17th century.

Jews.

Jews--Germany--History--18th century.

Jews--Germany--History--1800-1933.

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

Jews--Germany--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the seventeenth century until the Holocaust, Germany's Jews lurched between progress and setback, between fortune and terrible misfortune. German society shunned Jews in the eighteenth century and opened unevenly to them in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, only to turnmurderous in the Nazi era. By examining the everyday lives of ordinary Jews, this book portrays the drama of German-Jewish history -- the gradual ascent of Jews from impoverished outcasts to comfortable bourgeois citizens and then their dramatic descent into genocidal torment during the Nazi years.Building on s

Contents:

Contents; English Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; Y; Introduction; Part I. On the Threshold of Modernity: 1618-1780; Introduction; 1. The Environment of Jewish Life; 2. Family Life; 3. Childhood and Education; 4. Economic Life; 5. Religious and Communal Life; 6. Social Relations; Part II. The Beginning of Integration, 1780-1870; Introduction; 7. Jewish Residential Patterns; 8. Family Life; 9. Education; 10. Economic Life; 11. Religious Practice and Mentality; 12. German Jews and Their Social Relationships; Part III. As Germans and as Jews in Imperial Germany

Introduction13. Surroundings; 14. Family; 15. Education; 16. Work; 17. Religious Practices, Mentalities, and Community; 18. Social Life; Part IV. From Everyday Life to a State of Emergency: Jews in Weimar and Nazi Germany; Introduction; 19. Housing and Housekeeping; 20. Family Life; 21. Education and Vocational Training; 22. Career and Employment; 23. Religious Practice in the Synagogue and at Home; 24. Leisure Time and Social Life; 25. Constricting and Extinguishing Jewish Life; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-505) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-029135-4

1-60256-487-6

1-4237-2070-9

0-19-534679-3

1-280-42790-6

OCLC:

191038417