Andreas Nachama

Jews in Berlin. a Comprehensive History of Jewish Life and Jewish Culture in the German Capital Up to 2013

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This richly illustrated book depicts 750 years of Jewish history as well as Jewish life in Berlin today. The Prussian capital was, for many centuries, the center of Jewish life in Germany. Its Jewish citizens strongly influenced the city's cultural and literary life and led the way in the sciences, from the 18th century salon of Rachel Varnhagen to the cabarets of the Weimar Republic. However, economic crisis, hyper-inflation, and the depression of 1929 provided rich soil for the growth of anti-Semitism and ultimately led to the Holocaust. But today, Jewish life and Jewish culture are flourishing once again, after tens of thousands of immigra… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Schoeps, Julius H. / Simon, Hermann

ISBN: 978-1-935902-60-7
EAN: 9781935902607
Produktnummer: 19017009
Verlag: Berlinica
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 314 S.
Masse: H24.4 cm x B17.0 cm x D2.0 cm 801 g
Auflage: Updated
Gewicht: 801

Über den Autor

Andreas Nachama was born in Berlin in 1951. He studied history and Judaic studies in Berlin, where he received his Ph.D. in 1981. He was ordained as a rabbi in 2000. From 1981 to 1993 he served as head of the Berliner Festspiele and from 1992 to 1999 as Artistic Director of the Jüdische Kulturtage in Berlin. He has been Executive Director of the Topographie of Terror Foundation since 1994 and served as Chairman of Berlin's Jewish Community between 1997 and 2001.