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Description for New Beginnings
Hardcover. A historical inquiry into how Jews in Germany began to rebuild their social and cultural networks immediately following World War II. It looks at the early history of the postwar German Jewish community, while considering how German Jews intermingled with Jews from other countries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 642.
This volume offers a historical inquiry into how Jews in Germany began to rebuild their social and cultural networks immediately following World War II. Prompted by the recent dynamic development of Jewish community in Germany, social analyses of the German Jewish experience have focused primarily on contemporary trends. Here Lavsky looks at the early history of the postwar German Jewish community, while considering how German Jews intermingled with Jews from other countries who, after the war, ended up in Germany's displaced persons camps. Lavsky concentrates on the British Zone of occupation in north-west Germany, where some of the most important ... Read more
This volume offers a historical inquiry into how Jews in Germany began to rebuild their social and cultural networks immediately following World War II. Prompted by the recent dynamic development of Jewish community in Germany, social analyses of the German Jewish experience have focused primarily on contemporary trends. Here Lavsky looks at the early history of the postwar German Jewish community, while considering how German Jews intermingled with Jews from other countries who, after the war, ended up in Germany's displaced persons camps. Lavsky concentrates on the British Zone of occupation in north-west Germany, where some of the most important ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Wayne State University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
642g
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814330098
SKU
V9780814330098
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hagit Lavsky
Hagit Lavsky teaches at the Hebrew University, where she is the Samuel L. and Perry Haber Chair for Post-Holocaust Studies and Director of the Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv, and the State of Israel. Her books include Before Catastrophe: The Distinctive Path of German Zionism, 1897-1938.
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