Vanishing Vienna : modernism, philosemitism, and Jews in a postwar city /

"This book reveals the foundational role philosemitism played in the effort to reimagine urban cultures after the Holocaust. This book uncovers a seldom discussed aspect of the postwar era-a society that continues to consume, redefine, and bestow symbolic meaning on the victims in their relativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tanzer, Frances (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2024]
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Nazi Epoch: Erasure and Dispersal
  • Vienna Without the Jews
  • Emigrating Vienna
  • Remigration in Postwar Austria
  • The Problem of Jewish Return: Antisemitism and Cultural Reconstruction
  • Redemptive Modernism and Philosemitism Without Jews
  • Humor Returns
  • Conclusion.