Draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give us an intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. Kaplan tells the story of Jews in Germany not from the hindsight of the Holocaust, nor from the vantage of the persecutors, but from the bewildered and ambiguous perspective of Jews trying to navigate their daily lives in a world that was becoming more and more insane. Answering the charge that Jews should have left earlier, Kaplan shows that far from seeming inevitable ...
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Draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give us an intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. Kaplan tells the story of Jews in Germany not from the hindsight of the Holocaust, nor from the vantage of the persecutors, but from the bewildered and ambiguous perspective of Jews trying to navigate their daily lives in a world that was becoming more and more insane. Answering the charge that Jews should have left earlier, Kaplan shows that far from seeming inevitable, the Holocaust was impossible to foresee precisely because Nazi repression occurred in irregular and unpredictable steps until the massive violence of Novemer 1938. Then the flow of emigration turned into a torrent, only to be stopped by the war. By that time Jews had been evicted from their homes, robbed of their possessions and their livelihoods, shunned by their former friends, persecuted by their neighbours, and driven into forced labour. For those trapped in Germany, mere survival became a nightmare of increasingly desperate options.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book An analysis of all aspects of Jewish life and culture in Nazi Germany both before and during World War Two, the various anti-Jewish laws which they obeyed, daily life under that regime, the experiencing of evictions, loss of property, ostracism, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, bibliography, indexed, 290pp. A nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. European History Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save previous owner's name at front. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. a few B&W photos, 290 pages.
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