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After the Nazi seizure of power on January 30, 1933, over 250 German rabbis, rabbinical scholars, and students for the rabbinate fled to the United States. The Last Generation of the German Rabbinate follows their lives and careers over decades in America. Although culturally uprooted, the group's professional lives and intellectual leadership, particularly those of the younger members of this group, left a considerable mark intellectually, s...

After the Nazi seizure of power on January 30, 1933, over 250 German rabbis, rabbinical scholars, and students for the rabbinate fled to the United States. The Last Generation of the German Rabbinate follows their lives and careers over decades in America. Although culturally uprooted, the group's professional lives and intellectual leadership, particularly those of the younger members of this group, left a considerable mark intellectually, s...

Shot by Both Sides ist einerseits das Porträt einer Stadt aus der Perspektive einer lebenshungrigen jungen Frau, andererseits eine dokumentarische Collage von Menschen abseits des grossen Glamours. 1986 macht sich Cornelia Wilhelm zwanzigjährig auf nach New York. Mit ihrem Fotoapparat im Gepäck taucht sie ein in die raue Grossstadt. Während sie tagsüber bei Shootings für den Pirelli-Kalender assistiert, zieht sie nachts durch die Bars und Musi...

Translation of: Deutsche Juden in Amerika by Cornelia Wilhelm. Stuttgard, Germany: Steiner Verlag, c2007.

Within Germany, policies and cultural attitudes toward migrants have been profoundly shaped by the difficult legacies of the Second World War and its aftermath. This wide-ranging volume explores the complex history of migration and diversity in Germany from 1945 to today, showing how conceptions of "otherness" developed while memories of the Nazi era were still fresh, and identifying the continuities and transformations they exhibited through ...