The Creation of the German-Jewish Diaspora: Interwar German-Jewish Immigration to Palestine, the USA, and England

Hagit Hadassa Lavsky

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The Creation of the German-Jewish Diaspora

Interwar German-Jewish Immigration to Palestine, the USA, and England

Hagit Hadassa Lavsky

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2017

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This book is first of its kind to deal with the interwar Jewish emigration from Germany in a comparative framework and follows the entire migration process from the point of view of the emigrants. It combines the usage of social and economic measures with the individual stories of the immigrants, thereby revealing the complex connection between the socio-economic profile varieties and the decisions regarding emigration – if, when and where to. The encounter between the various immigrant-refugee groups and the different host societies in different times produced diverse stories of presence, function, absorption and self-awareness in the three major overseas destinations – Palestine, the USA, and Great Britain -- despite the ostensibly common German-Jewish heritage. Thus German-Jewish immigrants created a new and nuanced fabric of the German-Jewish Diaspora in its main three centers, and shaped distinct identifications and legacies in Israel, Britain, and the United States.

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Hagit Lavsky, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa, Israel.

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"Mit The Creation of the German-Jewish Diaspora ist Hagit Lavsky eine klar strukturierte, präzise formulierte und auf breiter Quellenbasis argumentierende Studie gelungen, die sich hoffentlich zu einem Standardwerk für die Forschung der Emigration der deutschen Juden entwickeln wird. Gerade in Deutschland erstellte Studien zur Einwanderung nach Palästina konzentrieren sich fast ausschließlich auf die individuellen Binnenperspektiven der Immigranten; es mangelt diesen Studien jedoch oft an Wissen über die Einwanderungspolitik, die aufnehmende Gesellschaft und ihre Institutionen. Mit der auf Englisch und nicht Hebräisch verfassten Darstellung stellt Lavsky der Emigrationsforschung ein wichtiges Werk zur Verfügung, dass die essentielle Bedeutung der Einwanderungspolitik beleuchtet, ohne dabei die Perspektive der individuellen Einwanderer auszublenden."
Viola Rautenberg in: H-Soz-Kult, 21.09.2018, https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-27367

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Figures, Tables and Graphs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	VIII
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Chapter 1. History and Memory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
Chapter 2. Interwar Overseas Jewish Migration: An Overview Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	14
Chapter 3. German Jewry in the Interwar Period and the Push Factors for Emigration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
Chapter 4. German-Jewish Emigration: Dimensions, Timing, Destinations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
Chapter 5. Demographic and Occupational Profile of the Immigrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
Chapter 6. Towards Absorption of Mass Immigration from Germany: The Destination Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
Chapter 7. The Encounter and Integration in Palestine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	100
Chapter 8. Encounter and Integration in the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Chapter 9. Encounter and Integration in Britain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	134
Sources and Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150

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eBook published on:

January 11, 2017

eBook ISBN:

9783110501650

Hardcover published on:

January 11, 2017

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110500615

Paperback published on:

November 19, 2018

Paperback ISBN:

9783110634303

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Front matter:

12

Main content:

154

Illustrations:

20

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110501650

eBook ISBN: 9783110501650

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110500615

Paperback ISBN: 9783110634303

Keywords for this book

Deutsch-jüdische Geschichte; Exil; Immigration

Audience(s) for this book

Academics in the fields of German-Jewish History, Cultural Studies, and Jewish Studies.

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