The face of East European Jewry
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The face of East European Jewry
（Weimar and now : German cultural criticism / Martin Jay and Anton Kaes, general editors, 35）（S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies）
University of California Press, c2004
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Das ostjüdische Antlitz
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Description
A landmark work in the sphere of modern German-Jewish cultural life, "The Face of East European Jewry" is also a window on a lost world. First published in 1920 and never before translated into English, this work brings together the impassioned writing of one of Weimar Germany's most celebrated authors, Arnold Zweig, and the equally poignant illustrations by renowned graphic artist and lithographer Hermann Struck. As members of the German wartime press division at Ober-Ost, both Zweig and Struck spent the final years of the First World War on the eastern front, on the outskirts of the Lithuanian city of Kovno (Kaunas). There they observed the life of the so-called Ostjuden, or East European Jews. Reflecting the rise of Zionism and the experience of the war, "The Face of East European Jewry" offers a dramatic and moving perspective on the short-lived romance of disenchanted Western Jews with the idea of a more authentic, more meaningful lifestyle in the East.
Table of Contents
Preface to the English Edition Preface to the Second Edition (1922) Preface to the First Edition (1920) Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Glossary
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