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• catalog abstract "In 1939 there were ten million Jews in Europe. After Hitler there were four million. Today in 1996 there are under two million. On current projections the Jews will become virtually extinct as a significant element in European society over the course of the twenty-first century. Now, in the first comprehensive social and political history of the experience and fate of European Jews during the last fifty years, Bernard Wasserstein sheds light on the reasons for this dire demographic projection. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, many hitherto unpublished, Wasserstein begins with the painful years of liberation after World War II when Jews tried to recover from the destruction of their people and communities, then traces the Jewish experience in Eastern and Western Europe in different national and ideological contexts. His important and original inquiry covers the impact on Jews of post-war reconstruction, Soviet occupation, the Cold War, and the collapse of communism. These, combined with the memory of Nazi genocide, the persistence of antisemitism, the development of Israel, and the Middle East conflicts, shaped the history of European Jewry in the second half of the twentieth century. With exceptional eloquence and conviction, Vanishing Diaspora argues that survival for European Jews ultimately will depend on choices they themselves make to reverse trends. They have an alarmingly imbalanced death-to-birth ratio, and many have jettisoned religious observance in the spirit of a secular Europe, losing their cultural distinctiveness as well as their numbers. This often painful story of destruction, irreparable loss, and the shattering of ties thus serves as a wake-up call, and a dramatic warning.".
• catalog contributor b9129007.
• catalog coverage "Europe Ethnic relations.".
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "1. Displaced persons -- 2. Stalin's last victims, 1945-53. 3. Revival in Western Europe, 1945-73. 4. The impact of Israel -- 5. Facing the past -- 6. Jews and the Christian problem -- 7. Three Germanies and the Jews -- 8. The Soviet Jewish revolt -- 9. East European shadows, 1953-89. 10. West European dilemmas, 1973-89. 11. Jews in the new European disorder.".
• catalog description "In 1939 there were ten million Jews in Europe. After Hitler there were four million. Today in 1996 there are under two million. On current projections the Jews will become virtually extinct as a significant element in European society over the course of the twenty-first century. Now, in the first comprehensive social and political history of the experience and fate of European Jews during the last fifty years, Bernard Wasserstein sheds light on the reasons for this dire demographic projection. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, many hitherto unpublished, Wasserstein begins with the painful years of liberation after World War II when Jews tried to recover from the destruction of their people and communities, then traces the Jewish experience in Eastern and Western Europe in different national and ideological contexts. His important and original inquiry covers the impact on Jews of post-war reconstruction, Soviet occupation, the Cold War, and the collapse of communism. These, combined with the memory of Nazi genocide, the persistence of antisemitism, the development of Israel, and the Middle East conflicts, shaped the history of European Jewry in the second half of the twentieth century. With exceptional eloquence and conviction, Vanishing Diaspora argues that survival for European Jews ultimately will depend on choices they themselves make to reverse trends. They have an alarmingly imbalanced death-to-birth ratio, and many have jettisoned religious observance in the spirit of a secular Europe, losing their cultural distinctiveness as well as their numbers. This often painful story of destruction, irreparable loss, and the shattering of ties thus serves as a wake-up call, and a dramatic warning.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-323) and index.".
• catalog extent "xx, 332 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Vanishing diaspora.".
• catalog identifier "0674931963 (hard cover : acid-free paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Vanishing diaspora.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
• catalog relation "Vanishing diaspora.".
• catalog spatial "Europe Ethnic relations.".
• catalog spatial "Europe".
• catalog subject "940/.04924 20".
• catalog subject "DS135.E83 W37 1996".
• catalog subject "Holocaust survivors Europe History.".
• catalog subject "Jews Europe History 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Displaced persons -- 2. Stalin's last victims, 1945-53. 3. Revival in Western Europe, 1945-73. 4. The impact of Israel -- 5. Facing the past -- 6. Jews and the Christian problem -- 7. Three Germanies and the Jews -- 8. The Soviet Jewish revolt -- 9. East European shadows, 1953-89. 10. West European dilemmas, 1973-89. 11. Jews in the new European disorder.".
• catalog title "Vanishing diaspora : the Jews in Europe since 1945 / Bernard Wasserstein.".
• catalog type "text".