Preserving the Legacy of German Jewry - A History of the Leo Baeck Institute, 1955-2005

Founded in May 1955 in Jerusalem by German-Jewish intellectuals who had survived the Holocaust - among them Martin Buber, Ernst Simon, Gershom Scholem, and Robert Weltsch - the Leo Baeck Institute of Jews from Germany (LBI) has been engaged in preserving the legacy of German Jewry by collecting material, doing research, and presenting historical narratives. Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its founding, the present volume is the first to reconstruct the LBI's fascinating history, from its beginnings as a memorial community of surviving German Jews to its present status as an internationally renowned research institute. The authors are social and cultural historians from various countries, the majority of whom are not directly affiliated with the LBI.
Contributors:Michael A. Meyer, Christhard Hoffmann, Ruth Nattermann, Guy Miron, Mitchell Hart, Nils Roemer, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, Aubrey Pomerance, Miriam Gebhardt, Christian Wiese, Till van Rahden, Jürgen Matthäus, Andreas Kilcher, Robert Liberles

About the author

Christian Hoffmann studierte Theater- und Sozialpädagogik. Er ist Inhaber von SpielPlan - Spiel und Theater für Organisationen und Lehrbeauftragter an der Hochschule der Künste Berlin und an den Fachhochschulen in Berlin und Potsdam.

Product details

• Assisted by: Christhar Hoffmann (Editor), Christhard Hoffmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2005
• EAN: 9783161485916
• ISBN: 978-3-16-148591-6
• No. of pages: 474
• Weight: 768 g
• Series: Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts; Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)