Lion and the Star

Gentile-Jewish Relations in Three Hessian Towns, 1919-1945

By: Jonathan Friedman

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Hardcover | 14 May 1998

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The Lion and the Star not only offers an informed glimpse into the intricacies of daily German life but also confirms the continuing danger of making sweeping generalizations about German Jews and non-Jews. In the aftermath of World War II, many viewed the Third Reich as an aberration in German history and laid blame with Hitler and his followers. Since the 1960s, historians have widened their focus, implicating "ordinary" Germans in the demise of German Jewry.

Jonathan Friedman addresses this issue by investigation everyday relations between German Jews and their Gentile neighbors. Friedman examines three German communities of different sizes -- Frankfurt am Main, Giessen, and Geisenheim. Symbolized by the Hessian heraldic lion, these communities represent a cross-section of both Gentile and Jewish society in Germany during the Weimar and Nazi years. Researching in the United States, Germany, England, and Israel, he gleaned information from interviews, memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, church and synagogue records, censuses, government documents, and reports from Nazi and resistance organizations. Friedman's comparative analysis offers a balanced response to recent scholarly works condemning the entire German people for their complicity in the Holocaust.

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"Demonstrates a thoughtful mastery of the literature of twentieth-century German and German-Jewish history, a prudent incorporation of oral histories and memoirs and a solid familiarity with German archival material." -- Shofar

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Non-Fiction History Specific Events & Topics in History Geonocide & Ethnic Cleansing The Holocaust Regional & National History European History Social & Cultural History Society & Culture Social Groups Social & Cultural Aspects of Religious Groups Jewish Studies

List of Tables	p. iv
List of Maps	p. vii
Preface	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Jewish Emancipation to 1919	p. 15
Demography and Socioeconomic Structure	p. 25
The Liberal-Jewish Model: Under Attack from Within	p. 47
Gesellschaft vs. Gemeinschaft: Gentile-Jewish Relations before 1933	p. 63
Jew-Hatred or "Arbeit und Brot!" Antisemitism and the Electoral Rise of the Nazis	p. 103
Close to the Edge: Relations during the Early Years of the Third Reich	p. 125
Relations during the "Final Solution"	p. 153
Epilogue	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 185
Notes	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 271
Index	p. 285
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Lion and the Star

Gentile-Jewish Relations in Three Hessian Towns, 1919-1945

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