| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxi, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-520 and index. |
| Contents |
The melting glacier -- The Christian problem -- Grandees and grandstanders -- From shtetl to shtot -- New Jerusalems -- Holy men -- Unholy women -- Luftmenshn -- Non-Jewish Jews -- The linguistic matrix -- The power of the word -- A people of many books -- Masques of modernity -- Youth -- Utopias -- In the cage, trying to get out -- Camping -- On the eve -- Existential crisis -- Epilogue: Fates known and unknown. |
| Summary |
Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities and individuals. By 1939, the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Jews -- Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews -- Persecutions. |
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Antisemitism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Antisemitism. |
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Nineteen thirties.
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Nineteen thirties. |
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Nineteen twenties.
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Nineteen twenties. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
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World War (1939-1945) |
| ISBN |
9781416594277 hardcover |
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1416594272 hardcover |
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9781416594284 paperback |
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1416594280 paperback |
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9781439101698 ebook |
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1439101698 ebook |
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