For the Honor of Our Fatherland - German Jews on the Eastern Front During the Great War

For the Honor of Our Fatherland looks at the role of German Jews on the Eastern Front during World War I. German officials believed the Jewish population in the East was vital to their success, but then, as the war began slipping away from Germany, those same officials turned on their own Jewish community and abandoned the Polish Jews.

List of contents

Introduction: The Best Place for Jews
Chapter 1: The Ninth of Av, 5674
Chapter 2: A Tiny Candle at the Holy Ark
Chapter 3: In Germany's Powerful Fist
Chapter 4: Go and Count Them
Chapter 5: The Blood at Jacob's Tent
Chapter 6: An Ignominious Collapse of All Moral Foundations
Chapter 7: The Battle of All Against All
Chapter 8: The Motherless People of the Street
Chapter 9: Two Kinds of Nations

About the author

By Tracey Hayes Norrell

Summary

For the Honor of Our Fatherland looks at the role of German Jews on the Eastern Front during World War I. German officials believed the Jewish population in the East was vital to their success, but then, as the war began slipping away from Germany, those same officials turned on their own Jewish community and abandoned the Polish Jews.

Product details

• Authors: Tracey Hayes Norrell, Eric Weed
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498564892
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6489-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, General and world history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Relating to Jewish people and groups, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I