Fine Jewish Integration in the German Army in the First World War

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-026816-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 192 Seiten

Reihe: New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History

In Jewish Integration in the German Army in the First World War David J. Fine offers a surprising portrayal of Jewish officers in the German army as integrated and comfortably identified as both Jews and Germans. Fine explores how both Judaism and Christianity were experienced by Jewish soldiers at the front, making an important contribution to the study of the experience of religion in war. Fine shows how the encounter of German Jewish soldiers with the old world of the shtetl on the eastern front tested both their German and Jewish identities. Finally, utilizing published and unpublished sources including letters, diaries, memoirs, military service records, press accounts, photographs, drawings and tomb stone inscriptions, the author argues that antisemitism was not a primary factor in the war experience of Jewish soldiers.

Zielgruppe

Libraries, Institutes (Jewish Studies, History), Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fine, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgments;8
2;List of Tables;12
3;List of Illustrations;13
4;Chapter 1: Introduction;14
4.1;The Story of a Minority;14
4.2;Jewish Patriotism;23
4.3;The Judenzählung of 1916;27
4.4;Jewish Participation in the German War Effort;29
5;Chapter 2: Religion at the Front;32
6;Chapter 3: Encountering Eastern European Jewry;84
6.1;Discomforting Encounters;88
6.2;Neutral Encounters;95
6.3;Comforting Encounters;100
7;Chapter 4: Antisemitism and Integration;108
7.1;Experiencing Antisemitism;109
7.2;Promotion of Jewish Soldiers as Officers;113
7.3;Jewish Reserve Officers Before the War;118
7.4;Evidence for Integration in the Bavarian Army During the War;124
7.5;Integration Without Antisemitism;140
8;Afterword;142
8.1;The Germanness of the German Jew;142
9;Appendix: A Selection of Cited Sources from the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums;144
10;Bibliography;180
10.1;Primary Sources;180
10.2;Secondary Sources;182
11;Index of Persons;192

Über Autor(innen)

David J. Fine, Ridgewood, New Jersey.