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A deadly legacy : German Jews and the Great war

Title
A deadly legacy : German Jews and the Great war / Tim Grady.
Author
Grady, Tim (Timothy L.)
Publication
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]

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Description
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Summary
"This book is the first to offer a full account of the varied contributions of German Jews to Imperial Germany's endeavors during the Great War. Historian Tim Grady examines the efforts of the 100,000 Jewish soldiers who served in the German military (12,000 of whom died), as well as the various activities Jewish communities supported at home, such as raising funds for the war effort and securing vital food supplies. However, Grady's research goes much deeper: he shows that German Jews were never at the periphery of Germany's warfare, but were in fact heavily involved. The author finds that many German Jews were committed to the same brutal and destructive war that other Germans endorsed, and he discusses how the conflict was in many ways lived by both groups alike. What none could have foreseen was the dangerous legacy they created together, a legacy that enabled Hitler's rise to power and planted the seeds of the Holocaust to come"--
Subject
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Jewish
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Jews > Germany
  • Jewish soldiers > Germany > History > 20th century
  • Jews, German > History > 20th century
  • Collective memory > Germany > History > 20th century
  • HISTORY / Europe / Germany
  • HISTORY / Jewish
  • HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Precedents -- War enthusiasm -- Total war -- Annexations -- Celebrating destruction -- The "Other" -- Breakdown -- Myths of Defeat -- The End.
Call Number
JFE 17-9240
ISBN
  • 9780300192049
  • 0300192045
LCCN
2017007008
OCLC
2017007008
Author
Grady, Tim (Timothy L.), author.
Title
A deadly legacy : German Jews and the Great war / Tim Grady.
Publisher
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-9240
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