Assesses the past, present, and future of German-Jewish relations in light of recent political charges and the opening up of historical resources

Examines the integration of Jews into German society between 1860-1925, taking as an example the city of Breslau (then Germany, now Wrocław, Poland). Questions

Tracing Germany's significance as an essential crossroads and incubator for modern Jewish culture

When the Nazis came to power and created a racial state in the 1930s, an urgent priority was to identify Jews who had converted to Christianity over the precedi

What makes a space Jewish? This wide-ranging volume revisits literal as well as metaphorical spaces in modern German history to examine the ways in which Jewish