Tragedy of a Generation - The Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

Informationen zum Autor Joshua M. Karlip Klappentext The Tragedy of a Generation is the story of a failed ideal: an autonomous Jewish nation in Europe. It traces the origins of two influential strains of Jewish thought¿Yiddishism and Diaspora Nationalism¿and documents the waning hopes and painful reassessments of their leading representatives against the rising tide of Nazism and the Holocaust. Zusammenfassung The Tragedy of a Generation is the story of a failed ideal: an autonomous Jewish nation in Europe. It traces the origins of two influential strains of Jewish thought—Yiddishism and Diaspora Nationalism—and documents the waning hopes and painful reassessments of their leading representatives against the rising tide of Nazism and the Holocaust.

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• Authors: Joshua Karlip, Joshua M Karlip, Joshua M. Karlip, Karlip Joshua M.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2013
• EAN: 9780674072855
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07285-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, European History, RELIGION / Judaism / General, Nationalism, HISTORY / Jewish, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Judaism, Social and cultural history, c 1940 to c 1949, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust