Language:
German
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Aschkenas; Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur der Juden
Angaben zur Quelle:
31,1 (2021) 187-200
Keywords:
Zweig, Arnold, Correspondence
;
Berendsohn, Walter A. Correspondence
;
Buber, Martin, Influence
;
Zionists History 20th century
;
Jews Intellectual life 20th century
;
Jewish authors Correspondence
Abstract:
Arnold Zweig and Walter A. Berendsohn, who were in correspondence with each other between 1909 and 1968, continuously sought to convert the other to their beliefs. Around 1910 Zweig wanted to convert Berendsohn to Zionism as coined by Buber, while his views changed after his exile in Palestine, when he tried to win Berendsohn over to communism. Berendsohn, for his part, wanted to convince Zweig of social democracy around 1910, but after traveling Palestine in the 1950s tried to convince Zweig of Zionism. Viewed retrospectively, both appear as idealistic German intellectuals whose eagerness to reform society in 1910 led them in very different directions due to their individual experiences especially in and after the Second World War.
Note:
With an English summary.
DOI:
10.1515/asch-2021-0004/pdf
URL:
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