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The book is a family saga, presenting an insight into the history of Jews in Russia's oil industry. It leads to forced migration in the turbulent 20th century endured and mastered by a cohesive family over four generations in Russia, Germany, Denmark, France, Palestine, and the United States of America.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Preface - Jonah Gavrieli
In Memoriam Eli Rosenberg - Noa Rosenberg
Translator's Foreword - Uri Themal
1. Jacob Kahan: Imprisoned. Berlin
2. Chaim Kahan. From Orlya to Brest-Litovsk
3. Life under War Conditions. Berlin
4. On the Move. Vilna, Warsaw, Kharkov, Saratov...
5. Citizenship and the World of Education-Berlin, Bonn, Frankfurt, Marburg, Antwerp
6. To Baku
7. Zina and the Oilfields. Baku
8. Aron and the Black Gold. Baku
9. Summer Resorts during the War. Bad Harzburg, Bad Neuenahr, Bad Polzin
10. Economic Management in Times of War and Revolution. Petrograd
11. Across the Front Line-Berlin, Warsaw, Baku, Moscow, Vilna, Kharkov, Kiev
12. Expulsion from Russia. Baku, Kharkov, Yekaterinoslav, Moscow
13. Fresh Start in the West: Caucasian Oil Company. Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven
14. Family in Exile. Berlin
15. Nitag. Berlin
16. Devotion to Books. Petrograd, Vilna, Berlin
17. 36 Schlüterstrasse. Expulsion from Paradise. Berlin
18. The Mavericks between the Wars-European Corporate Networks: Berlin, Hamburg, Copenhagen, London, Riga, Paris, Amsterdam
19. The Third Expulsion. Paris, Lisbon
20.
Eretz Israel. Tel Aviv
21. Sanctuaries. The Family Is Alive. New York, Tel Aviv, Ma'agan Michael
Illustrations
Notes
About the author
Verena Dohrn was Professor of Modern Jewish History in Eastern Europe at Göttingen University. She is the author of Jüdische Eliten im Russischen Reich. Aufklärung und Integration im 19. Jahrhundert, and editor of Simon Dubnow's Buch des Lebens. Erinnerungen und Gedanken. Materialien zur Geschichte meiner Zeit 1860-1933.
Summary
The book is a family saga, presenting an insight into the history of Jews in Russia’s oil industry. It leads to forced migration in the turbulent 20th century endured and mastered by a cohesive family over four generations in Russia, Germany, Denmark, France, Palestine, and the United States of America.
