Germany Through Jewish Eyes : A History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present / Shulamit Volkov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volkov, Shulamit, author.

Standardized Title:

Deutschland aus jüdischer Sicht. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--History.

Jews.

Jews--Germany--Intellectual life.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Germany.

Germany--Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

What can Jewish history tell us about German history? How can we understand the history of modern Germany from a Jewish perspective? And how do we bring the voices of German Jews to the fore? Germany through Jewish Eyes explores the dramatic course of German history, from the Enlightenment, through wars and revolutions, unification and reunification, Nazi dictatorship, Holocaust, and the rebuilding of a prosperous, modern democracy - all from a Jewish perspective. Through a series of chronologically ordered life-stories, Shulamit Volkov examines how the lived experience of German Jewry can provide new insights into familiar events and long-term developments. Her study explores the plurality of the Jewish gaze, considering how German Jews sought full equality and integration while attempting to preserve a unique identity, and how they experienced security and integration as well as pronounced hatred. Volkov's innovative study offers readers the opportunity to look again at the pivotal moments of German history with a fresh understanding

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction: A Jewish gaze, plural and unique

Learning to know Germany: 1780-1840

Liberty, unity, equality: 1840-1870

Living in Germany: 1870-1930

A lost Homeland: 1930-2000

Epilogue: Berlin is not Weimar

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781009506472

1009506471

9781009506519

100950651X

9781009506465

1009506463