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After the Holocaust : Rebuilding Jewish Lives in Postwar Germany

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This is a comprehensive account of the lives of the Jews who remained in Germany immediately following World War II.

It includes material based on the Yiddish and German press, and unpublished archive material, as well as 15 interviews with witnesses, revealing the psychological, spiritual and material obstacles they had to surmount.

It also covers the development of the Jewish community in Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Princeton University Press
0691006792 / 9780691006796
Paperback / softback
12/04/1999
United States
English
x, 196 p. : ill., map, ports.
23 cm
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Reprint. This translation originally published: 1997.
A masterly short survey, the best in existence, of Jewish life such as it was in Germany after the defeat. -- Walter Laqueur, Chairman, International Research Council [Michael Brenner] proves the historical resiliency of the Jewish community... An exciting and accurate chronicle. -- Sander L. Gilman, The University of Chicago The appearance of this book in English is most welcome... It is a sobering book but a necessary one. -- Peter Gay, Professor Emeritus, Yale University
A masterly short survey, the best in existence, of Jewish life such as it was in Germany after the defeat. -- Walter Laqueur, Chairman, International Research Council [Michael Brenner] proves the historical resiliency of the Jewish community... An exciting and accurate chronicle. -- Sander L. Gilman, The University of Chicago The appearance of this book in English is most welcome... It is a sobering book but a necessary one. -- Peter Gay, Professor Emeritus, Yale University 1DFG Germany, 3JJP c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HBJD European history, HBLW3 Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HBTB Social & cultural history, HBTZ1 The Holocaust, JFSR1 Jewish studies