Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933 by Amos Elon
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- Pub. Date: December 2003
- 464pp
- Sales Rank: 51,877
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: December 2003
- Publisher: Picador USA
- Format: Paperback, 464pp
- Sales Rank: 51,877
- ISBN-13: 9780312422813
- ISBN: 0312422814
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
In this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists. In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, and many others, Elon traces how a small minority came to be perceived as a deadly threat
to German national integrity.
Biography
Amos Elon is the author of eight widely praised books including Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild, and the New York Times bestseller Israelis: Founders and Sons. He was a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine and The New York Review of Books. He passed away in 2009.
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Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933by Anonymous
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March 28, 2006: This is the history of Jews in Germany BEFORE 1933. But the persistent question on my mind, as I read it, was: Can it explain what happened in Germany AFTER 1933? After gaining relative equality in the mid-1800s, German Jews rushed to the universities and soon rose from poverty to top positions in professions, academics, finance, publishing, business and politics. Was their amazing success and visibility resented by their 'fellow Germans'? Was it envy that fueled the hatred and indifference of the Nazi years? 'The Pity of It All' is thoroughly researched and supported by numerous references to other sources. It is never pedantic, however. It sweeps smoothly through two centuries and reads like a novel -- with an unhappy ending.
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