Jewish Life in Nazi Germany
Dilemmas and Responses
Francis R Nicosia editor David Scrase editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Berghahn Books
Published:12th Sep '12
Should be back in stock very soon

German Jews faced harsh dilemmas in their responses to Nazi persecution, partly a result of Nazi cruelty and brutality but also a result of an understanding of their history and rightful place in Germany. This volume addresses the impact of the anti-Jewish policies of Hitler's regime on Jewish family life, Jewish women, and the existence of Jewish organizations and institutions and considers some of the Jewish responses to Nazi anti-Semitism and persecution. This volume offers scholars, students, and interested readers a highly accessible but focused introduction to Jewish life under National Socialism, the often painful dilemmas that it produced, and the varied Jewish responses to those dilemmas.
"This fine collection of essays by leading scholars covers a broad scope of German-Jewish responses to Nazi policies ranging from self-help and everyday endurance to the Zionist alternative and racial recategorization to avoid deportation. The accessible style and continuity make this volume suitable for undergraduate or advanced classes on German or Jewish history or on the Holocaust itself. The excellent documentary annex makes the book especially helpful." * Norman JW Goda, Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Florida " - a well written volume - Each essay furnishes very useful, unique information about everyday Jewish life in Nazi Germany and the way in which such activities changed as conditions worsened. This approach is not often found in Holocaust scholarship - There is also a very useful appendix of primary source documents. This book is highly recommended for Holocaust collections." * Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter
ISBN: 9780857458018
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 308g
256 pages