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Laboratory for World Destruction: Germans and Jews in Central Europe
Robert S. Wistrich
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Hardback. During the 60 years between the founding of Bismarck's German Empire and Hitler's rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on 20th-century culture. This title presents a study of the fateful symbiosis between Germans and Jews in Central Europe, which culminated in the tragic denouement of the Holocaust. Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 410 pages, 22 photographs, 2 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
Published and distributed for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism During the sixty years between the founding of Bismarck’s German Empire and Hitler’s rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on twentieth-century culture as a whole. How would the modern world look today without Einstein, Freud, or Marx? Without Mahler, Schoenberg, Wittgenstein, or Kafka? Without a whole galaxy of other outstanding Jewish scientists, poets, playwrights, composers, critics, historians, sociologists, psychoanalysts, jurists, and philosophers? How was it possible that this vibrant period in Central European cultural history collapsed into the horror and ... Read more
Published and distributed for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism During the sixty years between the founding of Bismarck’s German Empire and Hitler’s rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on twentieth-century culture as a whole. How would the modern world look today without Einstein, Freud, or Marx? Without Mahler, Schoenberg, Wittgenstein, or Kafka? Without a whole galaxy of other outstanding Jewish scientists, poets, playwrights, composers, critics, historians, sociologists, psychoanalysts, jurists, and philosophers? How was it possible that this vibrant period in Central European cultural history collapsed into the horror and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Antisemitism
Number of Pages
410
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803211346
SKU
V9780803211346
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About Robert S. Wistrich
Robert S. Wistrich (1945–2015) was the Neuburger Professor of European and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism. He is the author of numerous books, including From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel (Nebraska, 2012) and A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to ... Read more
Reviews for Laboratory for World Destruction: Germans and Jews in Central Europe
“Robert Wistrich has written a book which is not only profound in its analysis of modern Jewish identity in central Europe and outstanding in its feel for nuance, but is also a study marked by a wonderful clarity of thought and expression.”—Professor Gershon Shaked, Recipient of the Israel Prize in Modern Hebrew Literature “Wistrich argues that during the period between ... Read more