Jewish life in Austria and Germany since 1945 : identity and communal reconstruction /

Based on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book both provides a comparative systematic account of the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in Germany and Vienna (representing 98% of Austria...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen-Weisz, Susanne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1945-1953: two parallel "communities" and the short-lived revitalization of Jewish life
  • 1953-1980: "sitting on packed suitcases"
  • 1980-2015: settled and flourishing Jewish communities
  • European-Jewish identity and cooperation: the future direction of Austrial and German Jewries?.