JWST 34.02 History of Jews in Germany

This course is designed as an introductory survey of the history, culture, and identity of the Jews in Germany from the 18th century to the present. Our interest will be in examining the unique Jewish identities, male and female, religious and secular, that were shaped as Jews gradually emerged from a state of internal colonization and began their struggle for political emancipation and social integration during the era marked by the rise of anti-Semitism, liberalism, socialism, Christian tolerance, Nazism, two world wars, and, eventually, the emergence of the two Germanys and their unification after 1989.

Instructor

Heschel

Cross Listed Courses

GERM 44.02 HIST 94.12

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC; WCult:CI

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