The German-jewish Soldiers of the First World War in History and Memory

by Grady, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781846316609
• ISBN10: 184631660X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

Nearly one hundred thousand German Jews fought in World War I, and some twelve thousand of these soldiers lost their lives in battle. This book focuses on the multifaceted ways in which these soldiers have been remembered, as well as forgotten, from 1914 to the late 1970s. By examining Germany's complex and continually evolving memory culture, Tim Grady opens up a new approach to the study of German and German-Jewish history. In doing so, he draws out a narrative of entangled and overlapping relations between Jews and non-Jews during the short twentieth century, a story that extends past the Holocaust and into the Cold War.

Author Biography

Dr Tim Grady is Senior Lecturer in European History, University of Chester and Honorary Fellow, Parkes Institute for Jewish / non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Dying: War, Mutilation and Mass Death, 1914-18	p. 23
Mourning: Defeat, Revolution and Memorialisation, 1918-23	p. 55
Commemorating: War Veterans, Ritual and Remembrance, 1923-29	p. 88
Forgetting: Nazism, Front Fighters and Destruction, 1929-45	p. 122
Discovering: War Victims, War Crimes and Reconstruction, 1945-60	p. 158
Embracing: The Growth of Holocaust Awareness and Acknowledgement of the Jewish Soldiers, 1960-80	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 227
Index	p. 254
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