LEADER 02381cam a22004458a 4500001 225242 005 20240621185208.0 008 120511s2012 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 2011020529 020 9781416594277 |qhardcover 020 1416594272 |qhardcover 020 9781416594284 |qpaperback 020 1416594280 |qpaperback 020 |z9781439101698 |qebook 020 |z1439101698 |qebook 035 (OCoLC)ocn726695820 035 225242 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 050 00 DS135.E83 |bW36 2012 100 1 Wasserstein, Bernard. 245 10 On the eve : |bthe Jews of Europe before the Second World War / |cBernard Wasserstein. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bSimon & Schuster, |c2012. 300 xxi, 552 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, map ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-520) and index. 520 Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities and individuals. By 1939, the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. |cPublisher's description. 505 0 The melting glacier -- The Christian problem -- Grandees and grandstanders -- From shtetl to shtot -- New Jerusalems -- Holy men -- Unholy women -- Luftmenshn -- Non-Jewish Jews -- The linguistic matrix -- The power of the word -- A people of many books -- Masques of modernity -- Youth -- Utopias -- In the cage, trying to get out -- Camping -- On the eve -- Existential crisis -- Epilogue: Fates known and unknown. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Jews |zEurope |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Jews |zEurope |xSocial conditions |y20th century. 650 0 Jews |xPersecutions |zEurope |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Antisemitism |zEurope |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Nineteen thirties. 650 0 Nineteen twenties. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCauses. 852 0 |bstacks |hDS135.E83 |iW36 2012 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS135.E83 |iW36 2012 |tc.2