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Vanishing Vienna : modernism, philosemitism, and Jews in a postwar city / Frances Tanzer.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DB851 .T37 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tanzer, Frances, author.
- Series:
- Jewish culture and contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Influence.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Vienna (Austria)--Civilization--20th century.
- Vienna (Austria).
- Austria--Civilization--Jewish influences.
- Austria.
- Vienna (Austria)--History--1918-.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "This book reveals the foundational role philosemitism played in the effort to reimagine urban cultures after the Holocaust. This book uncovers a seldom discussed aspect of the postwar era-a society that continues to consume, redefine, and bestow symbolic meaning on the victims in their relative absence"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Nazi Epoch: Erasure and Dispersal
- Vienna Without the Jews
- Emigrating Vienna
- Remigration in Postwar Austria
- The Problem of Jewish Return: Antisemitism and Cultural Reconstruction
- Redemptive Modernism and Philosemitism Without Jews
- Humor Returns
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781512825343
- 1512825344
- OCLC:
- 1389877114
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