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Jewish Life in Austria and Germany Since 1945 : Identity and Communal Reconstruction

Based on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book both provides a comparative systematic account of the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in Germany and in Austria (where 98% live in the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen-Weisz, Susanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Based on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book both provides a comparative systematic account of the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in Germany and in Austria (where 98% live in the capital, Vienna) after 1945. The author explains the process of communal reconstruction over the next six decades, and its outcomes in the two countries. The monograph focuses on the variety of prevailing perceptions about the state of Israel, the relationship to the country of residence, the Jewish.
Physical Description:1 online resource (424 pages).
ISBN:9789633860809