Assimilated Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940-1943 |
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| Author:
| Person, Katarzyna |
| Series title: | Modern Jewish History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-3334-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Jews in Nazi-occupied Warsaw during the 1940s were under increasing threat as they were stripped of their rights and forced to live in a guarded ghetto. Within the ghettos, a small but distinct group existed: the assimilated, acculturated, and baptized Jews. Person looks at what it meant for assimilated Jews to leave their pre-war mixed neighbourhoods and enter a new, Jewish one. She reveals the diversity of this group and how its members' identity shaped their involvement in ghetto life.
Jews in Nazi-occupied Warsaw during the 1940s were under increasing threat as they were stripped of their rights and forced to live in a guarded ghetto. Within the ghettos, a small but distinct group existed: the assimilated, acculturated, and baptized Jews. Person looks at what it meant for assimilated Jews to leave their pre-war mixed neighbourhoods and enter a new, Jewish one. She reveals the diversity of this group and how its members' identity shaped their involvement in ghetto life.