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The Jews of Nazi Vienna, 1938-1945: Rescue and Destruction
Ilana Fritz Offenberger
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Description for The Jews of Nazi Vienna, 1938-1945: Rescue and Destruction
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Num Pages: 341 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRAM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book examines Jewish life in Vienna just after the Nazi-takeover in 1938. Who were Vienna's Jews, how did they react and respond to Nazism, and why? Drawing upon the voices of the individuals and families who lived during this time, together with new archival documentation, Ilana Offenberger reconstructs the daily lives of Vienna's Jews from Anschluss in March 1938 through the entire Nazi occupation and the eventual dissolution of the Jewish community of Vienna. Offenberger explains how and why over two-thirds of the Jewish community emigrated from the country, while one-third remained trapped. A vivid picture emerges of the ... Read more
This book examines Jewish life in Vienna just after the Nazi-takeover in 1938. Who were Vienna's Jews, how did they react and respond to Nazism, and why? Drawing upon the voices of the individuals and families who lived during this time, together with new archival documentation, Ilana Offenberger reconstructs the daily lives of Vienna's Jews from Anschluss in March 1938 through the entire Nazi occupation and the eventual dissolution of the Jewish community of Vienna. Offenberger explains how and why over two-thirds of the Jewish community emigrated from the country, while one-third remained trapped. A vivid picture emerges of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
Number of Pages
321
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319493572
SKU
V9783319493572
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About Ilana Fritz Offenberger
Ilana F. Offenberger is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA. Her early research on Viennese Jewry was awarded the first annual Radomir Luza Prize for an outstanding work in Austrian and/or Czechoslovak history in 2012.
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