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  • The Czech Refugee Trust Fund in Britain 1938–1975

    The Czech Refugee Trust Fund in Britain 1938–1975

    $69.95

    Lifeline to Freedom
    Brinson, Charmian and Buresova, Jana Barbora 

    This book documents the vital role of the British-based Czech Refugee Trust Fund (CRTF) and its predecessor, the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia (BCRC). It provides much needed insight into the now almost forgotten political debates, controversies, and difficulties that impacted...

  • The Frankfurt Judengasse

    The Frankfurt Judengasse

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    Jewish Life in an Early Modern German City

    Edited by: Backhaus, Fritz; Engel, Gisela; Liberles, Robert; Schlüter, Margarete

    Frankfurt was one of the most important centers of Jewish life in central Europe. In 1462, the Frankfurt City Council ordered the resettlement of the Jews in an especially constructed street, surrounded by walls...

  • The Impact of Zionism and Israel on Anglo-Jewry's Identity, 1948-1982

    The Impact of Zionism and Israel on Anglo-Jewry's Identity, 1948-1982

    $74.95

    Caught Somewhere Between Zion and Galut

    Omer-Jackaman, Jack

    'Thanks to the might of Israel, even Diaspora Jews can hold their heads up high'; so remarks Tomer in Amos Oz's 1966 novel Elsewhere, Perhaps. This quotation speaks to the profound impact which Zionism's successful campaign for Jewish statehood had on the...

  • The Jewish Community of Salonika

    The Jewish Community of Salonika

    $79.50

    History, Memory, Identity

    Lewkowicz, Bea

    This book is a pioneering study of the often forgotten Sephardi voices of the Holocaust. It is an account of the Sephardi Jewish community of the Greek city of Salonika, which at one point numbered 80,000 members, but which was almost completely annihilated during the German occupation...

  • The Jewish Factor in the Relations between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union

    The Jewish Factor in the Relations between Nazi Germany and the Soviet U...

    $69.95

    1933-1941

    Govrin, Yosef

    Nazi Germany's foreign policy towards the Soviet Union was carried out in accordance with ideological and political objectives. These were defined and planned well in advance, with a view to a final confrontation for the domination of Europe. This policy regarded 'Jewish Bolshevism' as the main obstacle to securing...

  • The Jewish Immigrant in England 1870-1914

    The Jewish Immigrant in England 1870-1914

    $32.95

    This is an analysis and description of that section of the great Jewish migration from eastern Europe which settled in Britain - around 120,000 Jews. The routes to England and the immigrants' travel experiences are discussed and the dockside reception is presented, which leads to a consideration of the...

  • The Jews of England and The Revolutionary Era

    The Jews of England and The Revolutionary Era

    $75.00

    1789 – 1815
    Jeremy Smilg

    This is a wonderful and accessible book written with energy and enthusiasm incorporating political, social, cultural and religious history. It is the first to explore the responses of English Jewry to the French Revolution and how British politics and culture dealt with ‘the Jew’ at...

  • The Jews of Italy, 1848-1915

    The Jews of Italy, 1848-1915

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    Between Tradition and Transformation

    Schächter, Elizabeth

    In this book, author Elizabeth Schachter challenges the widely held view that Jewish integration in Italy - from the second emancipation (1848) to the First World War - was an unqualified success, and thus an anomaly in European Jewish history. She draws on contemporary Jewish journals,...

  • The Jews of Lemberg

    The Jews of Lemberg

    from $28.95

    A Journey to Empty Places

    Driebergen, Michiel; Zorgdrager, Heleen

    A hundred years ago Lemberg (also known as Lviv and Lwow) was part of the Habsburg Empire and famed for its splendour and rich cultural life. Until the German occupation in 1941, a Jewish community of over 100,000 people lived in Lwow. When...

  • The Jews of Lithuania

    The Jews of Lithuania

    $29.95

    A Journey Through the long Twentieth Century

    Sayers, Nick 

    This book is the result of a personal quest to understand more about Nick’s family background in eastern Europe. It leads him to dig deeply into many of the big questions about modern Jewish history in Lithuania.
    Why were lots of Jewish...