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16%OFFGordon J. Horwitz - Ghettostadt: Lódz and the Making of a Nazi City - 9780674045545 - V9780674045545
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Ghettostadt: Lódz and the Making of a Nazi City

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Description for Ghettostadt: Lódz and the Making of a Nazi City Paperback. Under the Third Reich, Nazi Germany undertook an unprecedented effort to refashion the city of Lodz. Home to prewar Poland's second populous Jewish community, this was to become a German city of enchantment - a modern, clean, and orderly showcase of urban planning and the arts. This work examines the Jewish ghetto's place in the Nazi worldview. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 color illustrations, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DFG; 1DV; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.

Under the Third Reich, Nazi Germany undertook an unprecedented effort to refashion the city of Łódź. Home to prewar Poland’s second most populous Jewish community, this was to become a German city of enchantment—a modern, clean, and orderly showcase of urban planning and the arts. Central to the undertaking, however, was a crime of unparalleled dimension: the ghettoization, exploitation, and ultimate annihilation of the city’s entire Jewish population.

Ghettostadt is the terrifying examination of the Jewish ghetto’s place in the Nazi worldview. Exploring ghetto life in its broadest context, it deftly maneuvers between the perspectives and actions of Łódź’s ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674045545
SKU
V9780674045545
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About Gordon J. Horwitz
Gordon J. Horwitz is Associate Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Reviews for Ghettostadt: Lódz and the Making of a Nazi City
This wonderful history examines the Nazis' effort to transform the bustling , energetic metropolis of Łódź, with its 200,000 Jews, into the German-dominated Litzmannstadt
from which the Jews were to disappear. Ghettostadt is a splendid, clear-eyed, detailed, and masterful look at the human and urban landscape of the teeming Jewish world the Nazis destroyed.
Michael R. Marrus, ... Read more

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