German Jews in the Era of the “Final Solution”: Essays on Jewish and Universal History

Otto Dov Kulka

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020

German Jews in the Era of the “Final Solution”

Essays on Jewish and Universal History

Otto Dov Kulka

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110671438

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Co-publication with Magnes Press

These essays, written in the course of half a century of research and thought on German and Jewish history, deal with the uniqueness of a phenomenon in its historical and philosophical context. Applying the "classical" empirical tools to this unprecedented historical chapter, Kulka strives to incorporate it into the continuum of Jewish and universal history. At the same time he endeavors to fathom the meaning of the ideologically motivated mass murder and incalculable suffering. The author presents a multifaceted, integrative history, encompassing the German society, its attitudes toward the Jews and toward the anti-Jewish policy of the Nazi regime; as well as the Jewish society, its self-perception and its leadership.

Author / Editor information

Otto Dov Kulka, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Reviews

“Otto Dov Kulka’s work stands unique in Holocaust historiography: it combines the objective analytical precision of the historian with reflection of his own experiences as a survivor of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. His studies are indispensable for an understanding of the Holocaust in the context of German, Jewish and European history and doubtless rank among the most impressive research works in this field.”
Ulrich Herbert, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, author of “A History of 20th Century Germany”

“It is a highly impressive volume, and I’m delighted that it is published. The different sections are excellently thought-out, and the whole volume is brilliantly conceived and structured.”
Sir Ian Kershaw, Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield, author of “To Hell and Back. Europe 1914-1949” and “The Global Age. Europe. 1950-2017”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Editorial Note Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Reflections on Jewish Studies, the Jerusalem School and the Research on the Era of the “Final Solution” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. German Jewry under the National Socialism in Historical Perspective
1. German Jewry under the National Socialism in Historical Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. History and Historical Consciousness. Similarities and Dissimilarities in the History of German and Czech Jews 1918–1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
II. Modern Antisemitism and the Ideology of the “Final Solution”
3. Critique of Judaism in European Thought. On the Historical Meaning of Modern Antisemitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Richard Wagner and the Origins of the Redemptive Antisemitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
5. Uniqueness in Context. Review of Ian Kershaw, To Hell and Back: Europe 1914–1949 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
III. German Society and the Jews under the Nazi Regime
6. Popular Opinion in Nazi Germany and the “Jewish Question” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
7. German Population in Nazi Germany as a Factor in the Policy of the “Solution of the Jewish Question”: The Nuremberg Laws and the Reichskristallnacht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8. German Population and the “Solution of the Jewish Question” at the Time of the Wannsee Conference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
IV. Jewish Society and its Leadership in Nazi Germany
9. Jewish Society in Germany as Reflected in Secret Nazi Reports on Popular Opinion 1933–1943 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
10. The Reichsvereinigung and the Fate of the Jews. Continuity or Discontinuity in German- Jewish History in the Third Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
11. Ghetto in an Annihilation Camp. Jewish Social History in the Years of the “Final Solution” and its Ultimate Limits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
V. Historiography of the National Socialism and the “Final Solution”
12. Major Trends and Tendencies in German Historiography on National Socialism and the “Final Solution” 1924–1984 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
13. Singularity and its Relativization. Changing Views in German Historiography on National Socialism and the “Final Solution” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
14. The Historikerstreit from a Personal Retrospective. On the “Case Nolte” and his Generation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
VI. In Search of History and Memory
15. In Search of History and Memory. Excerpts from Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Annotated References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
Index of Names and Places Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics in the fields of German-Jewish History, Holocaust and Jewish Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 341
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
Keywords: Holocaust; Final Solution; Jewish History; German History; Nazi Ideology; Antisemitism

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Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110671438

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Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110667707