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German City, Jewish Memory
Nils Roemer
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Description for German City, Jewish Memory
Paperback. A remarkable, in-depth study of Jewish history, culture, and memory in a historic and contemporary German city Num Pages: 328 pages, 46 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
German and Jewish ways of life have been interwoven in Worms, Germany, for over a thousand years. Despite radical changes brought about by expulsion of Jews, wartime devastation, social advancement, cultural and religious renewal, and the Jewish community's destruction during the Holocaust, the Jewish sites of Worms display a remarkable degree of continuity, which has contributed to the development of distinct urban Jewish cultures, memories, and identities. Tracing the recollection and invention of local Jewish historical traditions in religious commemorations, historical writings, museums, and historical monuments, and the transformation from"sites" to "sights" in the form of tourism from the ... Read more
German and Jewish ways of life have been interwoven in Worms, Germany, for over a thousand years. Despite radical changes brought about by expulsion of Jews, wartime devastation, social advancement, cultural and religious renewal, and the Jewish community's destruction during the Holocaust, the Jewish sites of Worms display a remarkable degree of continuity, which has contributed to the development of distinct urban Jewish cultures, memories, and identities. Tracing the recollection and invention of local Jewish historical traditions in religious commemorations, historical writings, museums, and historical monuments, and the transformation from"sites" to "sights" in the form of tourism from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781584659228
SKU
V9781584659228
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