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2011, Central Europe vol. 9 no. 2
Longing, Belonging, and the Making of Jewish Consumer Culture
German-Jewish Spatial Cultures: Consuming And Refashioning Jewish Belonging In Berlin, 1890–19102010 •
This article examines the murky intersection of everyday life, ideology and historical memory as they informed the experiences of members of the Jewish community in East Berlin after 1945. In particular, it examines the interactions of the East German state and the local Jewish community in three important sites of Jewish life: the synagogue, the café and restaurant, and the kosher butcher. Taking a cue from spatial theories, the article uses space as a tool to reveal the ways in which these locations were perceived by Jews, conceived by non-Jewish authorities and lived in by those who walked through their doors. While the early East German state was complicit in anti-Jewish persecution, by the mid-1950s the local and national governments began supporting Jewish institutions and instrumentalizing them for propagandistic goals during the Cold War. Members of the Jewish community walked a fine line—openly praising the Communist government, yet using opportunities to gather with Jews from the West. Taking a close look at spaces in which Jewish ritual was carried out and celebrated, the article nuances the complex relationship between Jews and the East German authorities, uncovering the complicated intentions on both sides.
Contemporary Jewish Reality in Germany and Its Reflection in Film
A City of Mind Berlin in the Perception of Young Russian-Speaking Jewish Migrants. In: C.S. Dorchain, F.N. Wonnenberg, (eds): Contemporary Jewish Reality in Germany and its Reflection in Film. De Gruyter Verlag 2012, 71–842012 •
This ethnographic paper analyzes the interconnection between the construction of identity and space of the 1.5 Generation of Russian-speaking Jews who live in Berlin and who are between eighteen and thirty-five years old. The term 1.5 generation refers to those who were born in the Soviet Union or its successor states and left for Germany between 1990 and 2010, when they were school students or younger. These young Russian, Ukrainian, Baltic, and Caucasian migrants brought with them their different cultural identities as |ews and as post-Soviets, which they have had to renegotiate in the context of German and German-Iewish culture. Referring to the work of Gupta and Ferguson, who claim that the processes of 'people-making' and 'place-making' go hand in hand, this paper argues that for these young Jewish migrants the negotiation of their identity is closely tied with the construction and acquisition of the city space in which they live. For those who live in Berlin these processes are influenced by its decidedly urban nature, as well as by the specific history sociopolitics, and topography ofthe city itself.
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The 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, August 6-10, 2017
Panel Microcosms of the Holocaust. Jewish Self-Definition and Community Life 1943-1945: Geltungsjuden, Jewish Community and non-Jewish Environment in Berlin, 1943-1945This paper addresses Geltungsjuden – children of a non-Jewish parent considered to be part of the Jewish community. Besides intermarried Jews, they were the second major group remaining “legally” in Germany even after June 1943, when Goebbels had declared Berlin “free of Jews.” Focusing on Berlin’s Jewish community as still the largest in Germany, I will follow those less than a thousand “last Jewish youngsters”, who – under the persisting threat of deportation – struggled for physical and spiritual survival. New research on German late-war Jewish communities generally focuses on the experience of Jews in hiding or mixed marriage families such as Beate Meyer’s magisterial work on Mischlinge as well as Susanna Schrafstetter’s and Max Strnad’s work on Munich. This paper examines the connections between ongoing deportations, a fluid Jewish identity and the coexistence of their in- and exclusion within the remaining Jewish community. At the same time, Geltungsjuden experienced everyday persecution, denunciations as well as occasional solidarity and help by Berlin’s non-Jewish population. There is a narrative in many testimonies of survivors who were deported in the years up to 1943, that Jewish life in Berlin ended with the dissolution of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden on June 10th, 1943. But actually, the Reichsvereinigung was never formally dissolved, as the Reichssicherheitshauptamt was interested in keeping the remainder of Jewish assets under their control, instead of handing everything over to the Oberfinanzpräsident - and thus, a letter dated August 1943 states, that the Reichsvereinigung in fact continued to exist beyond the deportation of its full-jewish members in early summer 1943. Parallel to that and equally lesser-known, the Jewish community of Berlin did not „collapse“ (as a Berlin survivor then in Theresienstadt expressed it) but continued to exist - a pale, absurd, yet quite real existence. When in May 1945 Geltungsjuden became the “first Jewish youth” of the post-war community, most of them had survived by Jewish as well as non-Jewish assistance. Thus, Geltungsjuden invite us to re-examine the complexity of Jewish and non-Jewish relations. This will contribute to our understanding of the last stage of the Holocaust, but will also help us understand how after the war, some of these survivors could call Berlin, of all places, their home.
Jews: The Makers of Early Modern Berlin
Jews: The Makers of Early Modern Berlin2018 •
This paper discusses how Jews fit into the economic policies of Brandenburg-Prussia in the later 16th century. From Frederick William’s decree in 1671 to allow fifty Jewish families to settle in Brandenburg-Prussia to these families and their descendants becoming immersed in the economy of Berlin through their use in courts but more so through their trading, specifically, the ways in which they traded and how they used these to free themselves from some of the constraints of German Christian society. This will be shown by looking at Jews in Brandenburg-Prussia in the later 17th century, Jews in Berlin, and Jews and their relations to the economic sphere of Berlin. The conclusion of this paper is that Jews in Berlin from the time of their readmission in 1671 had become a necessity for Brandenburg-Prussia in order to rebound from its destruction in the Thirty Years’ War. This can be seen in their extensive use in the courts of Brandenburg-Prussia and the taxes that were extracted from them. However, this can also be seen in the ways that Jews traded with the German Christian majority and how they were able to circumvent some aspects of the society that were used to keep them down. This has expanded on the ways in which Jews used their roles in the economic sphere of Berlin to help improve their lives and possibly of Jews in positions similar to theirs.
Iran and the Caucasus
Shiraz on the Adriatic: Persian Literary Culture, Φαρσί Speakers and Multilingual Locals between Cairo, the Balkans and Venice (ca. 1600–1900)2024 •
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Včasnostredoveké opaskové kovania typu Bojná. Nové nálezy2023 •
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Revista Sociedade e Estado – Volume 39, Número 1
La prescripción de antidepresivos en la infancia: De negacionismo, ignorancias y certidumbres estratégicas.2024 •
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Crystallization - Science and Technology
Real-Time Analysis to Evaluate Crystallization Processes2012 •
Learning and Skills Network
Providing Effective Learner Support for Part-Time Learners. Research Report2005 •
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Colorectal surgery – Laparotomy vs laparoscopy in the ERAS® program2018 •