Sussen Is Now Free of Jews: World War II, The Holocaust, and Rural Judaism 9780823243297

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Автор: Gilya Gerda Schmidt
Название: Sussen Is Now Free of Jews: World War II, The Holocaust, and Rural Judaism
ISBN: 9780823243297
Издательство: Wiley EDC
Классификация:

История Европы

История Британии и Ирландии

Социальная история и история культуры

Холокост

ISBN-10: 082324329X
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 236
Вес: 0.75 кг.
Дата издания: 09.07.2012
Серия: World war ii: the global, human, and ethical dimension
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 155 x 36
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: British & Irish history,Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Germany,HISTORY / Holocaust,HISTORY / Jewish
Подзаголовок: World war ii, the holocaust, and rural judaism
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Поставляется из: Англии
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S?ssen Is Now Free of Jews offers a close look at the legacy of a few Jewish families from S?ssen—a village in the District of G?ppingen, which is located in the state of Baden W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The author, Gilya Gerda Schmidt, looks at this rural region through the lens of two Jewish families—the Langs and the Ottenheimers—who settled there in the early twentieth century. As a child, she shared with the Langs the same living space for just a few months. She remembers her mother’s telling her of the Jews who lived in S?ssen until the Holocaust.
More than thirty years later, in a used bookstore in Knoxville, Tennessee, the author accidentally found documentation verifying the Jewish presence in a book about the surviving Jews of W?rttemberg. In it, she found confirmation that there had been Jews living in S?ssen until the Holocaust. For the first time, she had the proof she needed to look into the reality behind this lingering mystery. Here began her detective-like journey to find out what happened to the Jews of S?ssen.
A decade of research into local and regional archives ensued, and this very penetrating study is the result. In it, the author attempts to shed light on not just the original question of what happened to the two families during the Holocaust but also on a host of other questions: What was it like to be Jewish in rural southern Germany a century ago? What were the Jewish traditions of this region? What were the relations between Jews and Christians before the Holocaust? And where did those family members who were able to escape or who survived the concentration camps go when they left S?ssen or G?ppingen? Few witnesses came forward, yet the documents in the archives spoke volumes. This micro-history records the not-so-romantic journey of two Jewish families who lived in the Fils Valley. The study also addresses issues of being an American prisoner of war; of resuming life after the Holocaust; of the bureaucratic nightmare of requisitions, restitution, and reparations; and of life in America.
This unique book will be of interest to a general readership and is an important book for scholars in German and Holocaust studies.

Sussen Is Now Free of Jews: World War II, The Holocaust, and Rural Judaism, Gilya Gerda Schmidt