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Jews in Contemporary East Germany

The Children of Moses in The Land of Marx

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Robin Ostow

    1. Berlin, Germany

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Robin Ostow
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Jewish Community Seen from Within

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-12
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    2. The Jewish Community in East Berlin

      • Peter Kirchner
      Pages 13-24

    3. Social Work and the Jewish Community in East Berlin

      • Sonja Berne
      Pages 25-34

    4. The Jewish Community and the Preservation of Jewish Culture in East Berlin

      • Hermann Simon
      Pages 35-42

    5. A Newcomer to the Jewish Community

      • Irene Runge
      Pages 43-54

    6. Jewish Education and the Jewish Youth in East Berlin

      • Gerrit Kirchner
      Pages 55-57

  4. The Jews in the Party: The Quality of Their Jewishness and Their View of the Jewish Community

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-60
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    2. A Yiddish Folksinger in the Bosom of the Party

      • Jalda Rebling
      Pages 61-72

    3. A Jewish Existentialist at the Academy of Sciences

      • Vincent von Wroblewsky
      Pages 73-82

    4. Returning to Berlin from the Soviet Union

      • Clara Berliner
      Pages 83-90

    5. Jews, Germans and Psychotherapy in the German Democratic Republic

      • Alfred Katzenstein
      Pages 91-102

    6. From Germany to the German Democratic Republic via Palestine, France and the USA

      • Ursula Katzenstein
      Pages 103-109

  5. Two Interviews Conducted in West Berlin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-112
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    2. The View from West Berlin

      • Thomas Eckert
      Pages 113-126

    3. The Unorthodox View of Jewish History in the German Democratic Republic

      • Helmut Eschwege
      Pages 127-140

    4. Afterword

      • Robin Ostow
      Pages 141-148

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 149-169
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About this book

This book is the result of a series of interviews of Robin Ostow with Jews in the German Democratic Republic. For the first time since the founding of the East German state in 1949 Jews have been allowed to speak openly. Jewish men and women of different ages were interviewed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Berlin, Germany

    Robin Ostow

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Jews in Contemporary East Germany

  • Book Subtitle: The Children of Moses in The Land of Marx

  • Authors: Robin Ostow

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10154-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Robin Ostow 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-10156-6Published: 01 January 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-10154-2Published: 18 June 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 169

  • Topics: Jewish Cultural Studies, Anthropology

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