The passion of Max von Oppenheim : archaeology and intrigue in the Middle East from Wilhelm II to Hitler /

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Born into a prominent German Jewish banking family, Baron Max von Oppenheim (1860-1946) was a keen amateur archaeologist and ethnologist. His discovery and excavation of Tell Halaf in Syria marked an important contribution to knowledge of the ancient Middle East, while his massive study of the Bedou...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gossman, Lionel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: [Cambridge] : Open Book Publishers, [approximately 2013]
Colección:OpenBook Publishers.
Open Access e-Books.
Temas:
Oppenheim, Max, > Freiherr von, > 1860-1946.
Oppenheim, Max von > (Max Adrian Simon), > 1860-1946.
Oppenheim, Max, > Freiherr von, > 1860-1946
1900-1999
Diplomats > Germany > Biography.
Middle East specialists > Germany > Biography.
Regions & Countries > Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
Middle East.
Archaeology > Middle East > History.
Oppenheim, Max > Freiherr von > 1860-1946.
Diplomates > Allemagne > Biographies.
Spécialistes en études moyen-orientales > Allemagne > Biographies.
Asian history.
Fascism and Nazism.
History.
Humanities.
Jewish studies.
Middle Eastern history.
Political ideologies.
Politics and government.
Regional and national history.
Religious groups: social and cultural aspects.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Antiquities
Diplomats
Middle East specialists
Archeologie.
Oriëntalisme.
Middle East > History > 20th century.
Middle East > Antiquities.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Moyen-Orient > Antiquités.
Germany
Middle East
Duitsland.
Midden-Oosten.
Anti-semitism
German history
Jewish history
Nazi history
Biography
Biographies
History
Biografieën (vorm)
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. FAMILY BACKGROUND, DIPLOMATIC CAREER, ROLE IN WORLD WAR I
  • The Oppenheims
  • The Charm of the Orient
  • Attaché in Cairo. "The Kaiser's Spy"
  • The Spectre of Pan-Islamism and Jihad. The Background of Oppenheim's 1914 Denkschrift betreffend die Revolutionierung der islamischen Gebiete Unserer Feinde
  • Oppenheim's 1914 Denkschrift
  • Promoter of German Economic Expansion and the Berlin-Baghdad Railway
  • PART II. THE ARCHAEOLOGIST: TELL HALAF
  • Discovery and Excavation, Publications and Critical Reception
  • Financial Difficulties. The Fate of the Tell Halaf Finds
  • PART III. "THE KAISER'S SPY" UNDER NATIONAL SOCIALISM. "LEBEN IM NS-STAAT"
  • Questions
  • The Oppenheims and their Bank under National Socialism
  • Waldemar and Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim, so-called "Quarter-Jews", during the National Socialist Regime: Work for the Abwehr (German Counter-Intelligence) and Association with the Conservative "Widerstand" (German Resistance)
  • Max von Oppenheim, "Half-Jew," during the National Socialist Regime
  • Middle East
  • Oppenheim on the Race Question
  • Support of the Regime
  • Plotting for Nazi Germany. Oppenheim's Role in the Middle East Policy of the Third Reich
  • Max von Oppenheim's Last Years
  • PART IV. MAX VON OPPENHEIM'S RELATION TO NATIONAL SOCIALISM IN CONTEXT. SOME RESPONSES OF "NON-ARYAN" GERMANS TO NATIONAL SOCIALISM
  • Two Jewish Organizations: the Verband nationaldeutscher Juden (Association of German National Jews) and the Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten (Jewish War Veterans Association)
  • Some Individuals: Schoeps, Pevsner, Kantorowicz, Landmann
  • By Way of Conclusion.

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