- Summary
- "In this analysis of the life of Arnošt Frischer, an influential Jewish nationalist activist, Jan Láníček, reflects upon how the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia dealt with the challenges that arose from their volatile relationship with the state authorities in the first half of the 20th century. The Jews in the Bohemian Lands experienced several political regimes in the period from 1918 to the late 1940s: the Habsburg Empire, the first democratic Czechoslovak republic, the post-Munich authoritarian Czecho-Slovak republic, the Nazi regime, renewed Czechoslovak democracy and the Communist regime. Frischer's involvement in local and central politics affords us invaluable insights into the relations and negotiations between the Jewish activists and these diverse political authorities in the Bohemian Lands. Vital coverage is also given to the relatively under-researched subject of the Jewish responses to the Nazi persecution and the attempts of the exiled Jewish leadership to alleviate the plight of the Jews in occupied Europe. The case study of Frischer and Czechoslovakia provides an important paradigm for understanding modern Jewish politics in Europe in the first half of the 20th century, making this a book of great significance to all students and scholars interested in Jewish history and Modern European history."-- Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Láníček, Jan, 1986- author.
- Published
- London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017
©2017
- Locale
- Europe
- Contents
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Preface
The formative years
In the Czechoslovak First Republic
Munich and Occupation, 1938-9
The politics of exile, 1939-45
Coping with the catastrophe
Help for the Jews
Squaring the circle: diaspora politics in Post-War Czechoslovakia
The second exile
Epilogue: Who was Frischer?
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
Preface -- The formative years -- In the Czechoslovak First Republic -- Munich and Occupation, 1938-9 -- The politics of exile, 1939-45 -- Coping with the catastrophe -- Help for the Jews -- Squaring the circle: diaspora politics in Post-War Czechoslovakia -- The second exile -- Epilogue: Who was Frischer? -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
