On the Eve - The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War

Informationen zum Autor Bernard Wasserstein has been a historian of modern Jewish and Middle Eastern history for over thirty years. He taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was Professor of History at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. From 1996 to 2000 he served as President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies; and is now Professor of History at Chicago University. Bernard Wasserstein has been a historian of the Israeli-Arab conflict for the past thirty years. He taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1982 to 1996 he was Professor of History at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and from 1996 to 2000 he served as President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. He was Professor of History at the University of Glasgow and is now Professor of History at Chicago. Divided Jerusalem (also published by Profile Books) aroused widespread comment and was particularly praised for its lucidity and objectivity. Klappentext Examines the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. In this book, the author presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Vorwort A major history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. Zusammenfassung Examines the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. In this book, the author presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Wasserstein
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.05.2013
• EAN: 9781846681905
• ISBN: 978-1-84668-190-5
• No. of pages: 552
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities