The Fatherland and the Jews - Two Pamphlets by Alfred Wiener, 1919 and 1924

The inaugural title in a collaboration between the Wiener Library and Granta Books.

These two pamphlets, 'Prelude to Pogroms? Facts for the Thoughtful' and 'German Judaism in Political, Economic and Cultural Terms' mark the first time that Alfred Wiener, the founder of the Wiener Holocaust Library, has been published in English. Together they offer a vital insight into the antisemitic onslaught Germany's Jews were subjected to as the Nazi Party rose to power, and introduce a sharp and sympathetic thinker and speaker to a contemporary audience. Tackling issues such as the planned rise of antisemitism and the scapegoating of minorities, these pamphlets speak as urgently to the contemporary moment as they provide a window on to the past.

About the author

Alfred Wiener (1885-1964) was a German Jew who dedicated much of his life to documenting antisemitism and racism in Germany and Europe, and uncovering crimes of Germany's Nazi government. He trained as an Arabist and spent 1909-1911 in the Middle East. He is best known as founder and long-time director of the Wiener Library.

Summary

Two seminal works of interwar German Jewish thought that tackle a still-urgent issue - the rise and spread of antisemitism, and the necessity of an intellectual resistance

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Wiener
• Assisted by: Ben Barkow (Translation)
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781783786213
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-621-3
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 205 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Zweiter Weltkrieg, Zwischenkriegszeit, Deutschland, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Shoah, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europe, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), Holocaust, Germany, Endlösung, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Holocaust, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Judenverfolgung / Holocaust, HISTORY / Jewish, Vorkriegszeit (Zweiter Weltkrieg), Weltkrieg / Zweiter Weltkrieg, Weltkrieg 1939/45, Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater