Portraits of our past : Jews of the German countryside Emily C. Rose

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Emily C.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Rose, Emily C--Family.

Rose, Emily C.

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

Jews.

Germany--Rural conditions.

Germany.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Jews, German--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.

Jews, German.

Physical Description:

xi, 372 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Jewish Publication Society, 2001.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

"Author Emily Rose grew up looking at two large oil portraits hanging above the fireplace mantel in her grandfather's home in New York City. Her Jewish ancestors had immigrated to America from Germany in 1857, and no one in the immediate family had any knowledge about the portraits that previously had hung for over a century in the home of distant relatives in a small south German village." "The paintings led Rose on a five-year journey to discover her heritage and the lost world of rural Germany. In the course of her research she uncovered a rich trove of documents, images, facts, and stories that paint a vivid picture of daily life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."

"Although recent books describe life in the shtetls in eastern Europe as well as in major cities of central Europe, never before has a book chronicled the experience of Jews living in the German countryside during this period. In addition to the text there are over seventy-five black and white illustrations, a guide for researchers, maps, and bibliography."--Jacket.

Contents:

The Discovery: Two Portraits

The Story Begins: Setting Down Roots

New Times

Hep! Hep! Riots

Transitions

Moving Backward

Changes in the Families

The New Jewish Community

Leaving the Schacher Jew Behind

Even Keel

Fighting for Civil Rights

Years of Turmoil

Shifting Winds

A German Village in Chicago

German Jews

And the Story Continues: Portraits of My Past

Traditional Jewish Life in the Villages and Small Towns

A Blueprint for Researchers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-352) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

0827607067

9780827607064

OCLC:

45962935

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