1 Portraits of a Milieu: A Jewish Elite in Crisis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Maps xiii
6. Genealogies xv
7. Introduction: A Letter 1
8. 1 Portraits of a Milieu: A Jewish Elite in Crisis 18
9. 2 Dreyfus and Drumont: Towards a Material Antisemitism 47
10. 3 ‘Apogee of the Israélite’: Jewish Collectors and the First World War 78
11. 4 Moïse de Camondo: Chaos and Control 105
12. 5 Théodore Reinach: Jewish Past, French Future 131
13. 6 Béatrice Éphrussi de Rothschild: A Woman Collects 159
14. 7 Museums of Memory: From Private Collections to National Bequests 185
15. 8 To the End of the Line: Drancy and Auschwitz 214
16. 9 ‘La Petite Irène’: Th e Afterlife of a Portrait 244
17. Conclusion: A Death Certificate 255
18. Notes 264
19. Index 295