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  • Traces of a Jewish Artist

    The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit

    by Kerry Wallach ...
    Series series Dimyonot
    Graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and cartoonist Rahel Szalit (1888–1942) was among the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Berlin. But after she was arrested by the French police and then murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz, she was all but lost to history, and most of her paintings have been destroyed or gone missing. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary sources, this biography ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Passing Illusions

    Jewish Visibility in Weimar Germany

    by Kerry Wallach ...
    Series series Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
    Weimar Germany (1919–33) was an era of equal rights for women and minorities, but also of growing antisemitism and hostility toward the Jewish population. This led some Jews to want to pass or be perceived as non-Jews; yet there were still occasions when it was beneficial to be openly Jewish. Being visible as a Jew often involved appearing simultaneously non-Jewish and Jewish. Passing Illusions ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • German–Jewish Studies

    Next Generations

    Edited by Kerry Wallach, Aya Elyada ...
    As a field, German-Jewish Studies emphasizes the dangers of nationalism, monoculturalism, and ethnocentrism, while making room for multilingual and transnational perspectives with questions surrounding migration, refugees, exile, and precarity. Focussing on the relevance and utility of the field for the twenty-first century, German-Jewish Studies explores why studying and applying German-Jewish ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • German–Jewish Studies

    Next Generations

    Edited by Aya Elyada, Kerry Wallach ...
    As a field, German-Jewish Studies emphasizes the dangers of nationalism, monoculturalism, and ethnocentrism, while making room for multilingual and transnational perspectives with questions surrounding migration, refugees, exile, and precarity. Focussing on the relevance and utility of the field for the twenty-first century, German-Jewish Studies explores why studying and applying German-Jewish ... Read more

    Was $35.99 USD Now $26.99 USD

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  • Hitler at Home

    by Despina Stratigakos ...
    A look at Adolf Hitler's residences and their role in constructing and promoting the dictator's private persona both within Germany and abroad.Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictator's preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the ... Read more

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  • Between Dignity and Despair

    Jewish Life in Nazi Germany

    by Marion A. Kaplan ...
    Series series Studies in Jewish History
    Between Dignity and Despair draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give us the first intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. Kaplan tells the story of Jews in Germany not from the hindsight of the Holocaust, nor by focusing on the persecutors, but from the bewildered and ambiguous perspective of Jews trying to navigate their daily ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Culture in Nazi Germany

    by Michael H. Kater ...
    " A much-needed study of the aesthetics and cultural mores of the Third Reich . . . rich in detail and documentation." ( Kirkus Reviews)Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the ... Read more

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  • How Jews Became Germans

    The History of Conversion and Assimilation in Berlin

    by Deborah Hertz ...
    A "very readable" history of Jewish conversions to Christianity over two centuries that "tracks the many fascinating twists and turns to this story" ( Library Journal).When the Nazis came to power and created a racial state in the 1930s, they considered it an urgent priority to identify Jews who had converted to Christianity over the preceding centuries. With the help of church officials, a vast ... Read more

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  • Bauhaus

    Design school modernism architecture 20th century

    by Michael Siebenbrodt, Lutz Schöbe ...
    The Bauhaus movement (meaning the “house of building”) developed in three German cities - it began in Weimar between 1919 and 1925, then continued in Dessau, from 1925 to 1932, and finally ended in 1932-1933 in Berlin. Three leaders presided over the growth of the movement: Walter Gropius, from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer, from 1928 to 1930, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, from 1930 to 1933. Founded ... Read more

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  • In Hitler's Munich

    Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism

    by Michael Brenner ...
    Translated by Jeremiah Riemer ...
    From acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler's quest for powerIn the aftermath of Germany's defeat in World War I and the failed November Revolution of 1918–19, the conservative government of Bavaria identified Jews with left-wing radicalism. Munich became a hotbed of right-wing extremism, with synagogues under attack and Jews physically ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • Leni Riefenstahl

    A Life

    by Jürgen Trimborn ...
    Dancer, actress, mountaineer, and director Leni Riefenstahl's uncompromising will and audacious talent for self-promotion appeared unmatched—until 1932, when she introduced herself to her future protector and patron: Adolf Hitler. Known internationally for two of the films she made for him, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, Riefenstahl's demanding and obsessive style introduced unusual angles, new ... Read more

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  • Kafka

    The Early Years

    by Reiner Stach ...
    Translated by Shelley Frisch ...
    The eagerly anticipated final volume of the award-winning, definitive biography of Franz KafkaHow did Kafka become Kafka? This eagerly anticipated third and final volume of Reiner Stach's definitive biography of the writer answers that question with more facts and insight than ever before, describing the complex personal, political, and cultural circumstances that shaped the young Franz Kafka ... Read more

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