The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933
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The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933
Book Details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Germany
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780312422813
- ISBN-10
- 0312422814
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ISBN: 0312422814
Author: Elon, Amos
Condition: Used
Finalist for the National Jewish Book AwardBrilliant, far-reaching, passionate. . .sweeping and marvelously detailed. . .finely, intimately, movingly drawn. . . a book for the ages.-The New York TimesIn this important work of historical restoration, respected journalist and historian Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists.In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, and many others, Elon traces how a small minority came to be perceived as a deadly threat to German national integrity.
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