Until "the final solution" : the Jews in Belgrade 1521-1942 / Jennie Lebel ; translated from Serbian by Paul Münch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lebl, Ženi, 1927-2009.

Standardized Title:

Do "konačnog rešenja". English

Language:

English

Serbian

Subjects (All):

Jews--Serbia--Belgrade--History.

Jews.

Belgrade (Serbia)--History.

Belgrade (Serbia).

Serbia--Belgrade.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 456 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu, 2007.

Summary:

"This book is the result of 20 years of painstaking research by the author. Its contents are based on documentation-supported by more than 800 footnotes-from the 16th century to the community's tragic end in 1942. The history of the Jewish community under Ottoman rule, Serbia, Yugoslavia and finally the German occupation and the "Final Solution" is told in great detail, always based on documentary evidence. In addition, the book contains specific sections dealing with aspects of the Jewish life: rabbis, synagogues, cemeteries and funeral ceremonies, educational institutions, Jewish life in general, and a complete list of all Jewish institutions. There is an extensive bibliography and an index of names. The book makes optimal use of primary sources and combines archive documents, literary and religious sources with field work consisting of questions and interviews. The fact that the author was a member of the community enabled her to interview a wide range of persons and to reach primary sources that are vanishing. Belgrade was the first major European city to become "Judenrein"-free of Jews. It started in December 1941, before the Wannsee Conference where the Final Solution was formally adopted, and, by May, 1942, there were no more Jews left in Serbia."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Jews in Belgrade before the Ottoman conquests

Facts on Jews from non-Jewish sources

Literature of questions and answers ("responsa")

Jewish quarter in Belgrade

Rabbis in Belgrade in the 17th century

Belgrade and the Messianic movement of Shabbetai Zvi

Occupation of Belgrade in 1688 and the fate of Belgrade Jews

Belgrade from 1690 to 1739

Rabbis in the 18th century

First Serbian Uprising and the Jews

Second Serbian Uprising and the first reign of Prince Miloš

Prince Miloš and the Jews

"Defenders of the constitution"

Alliance Israelite Universelle

After the return of the refugees

Question of Serbia's independence at the Congress of Berlin in June 1878

Substitute rabbis and rabbis until the beginning of the twentieth century

Jews in politics

Demographic data 1893-1900

Sephardim and Ashkenazim

Rabbinical synod and the chief rabbi

Jews in Serbia's wars

Religious community of the Sephardi rite

Religious community of the Ashkenazi rite

Jewish matrimonial law

Zionism

Synagogues in Belgrade

Cemeteries and funeral customs

Education

The Final Solution in Belgrade

Societies and institutions of Belgrade Jewry

Jewish books printed in Belgrade 1837-1905

Names of Belgrade Jews

Jalija and Dorćol

Jewish quarters and their inhabitants at the end of the 19th century / by Solomon L. Mošić

Jalija on the Danube / by David-Dača A. Alkalay

Fišeklija.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-440) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

9781886223332

1886223335

OCLC:

85892457