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During the history of the German Empire, there were various divisions within the German Jewish community over its future; in religious terms, Orthodox Jews sought to keep to Jewish religious tradition, while liberal Jews sought to "modernise" their communities by shifting from liturgical traditions to organ music and German-language prayers.
In the 1950s, the Jewish population in Germany had been estimated at a mere 20,000. While a small number of Jews preferred to settle in Communist East Germany, the vast majority chose to live in the Western part of the country. In the shadow of the Holocaust, Jewish life on German soil did not appear self-evident.
Germany’s racial laws identified a “Jew” as anyone with three or more Jewish grandparents, regardless of their religious identity or practice. Conversions to Christianity were pronounced illegitimate going back two generations, formalizing and instituting Nazi racial theories.
Originally published in German in 2012, this comprehensive history of Jewish life in postwar Germany provides a systematic account of Jews and Judaism from the ...
Nov 3, 2021 · From the earliest time on, Jewish culture stamped its mark on everyday German life and still does today. Three department heads of DHM collections, each starting with a selected object, describe aspects of Jewish-German life from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Germany: Jewish Attractions. From the Jewish Museum in Berlin to Europe's oldest Jewish cemetery in Worms, take a look at Germany's historic Jewish attractions.
Jul 3, 2021 · Looking beyond the horrors of the Holocaust. Exhibits also include virtual reconstructions of synagogues, biographies of composers like Fanny Hansel and artists including Felix Nussbaum and Max...
Dec 29, 2021 · Germany celebrated the diversity of Jewish life in the anniversary year of 2021. Jewish-German history dates back 1,700 years and began with a Roman decree in 321 CE.
Jews throughout German-speaking lands. Jewish intellectuals and reformers such as Leopold Zunz carried on the legacy of the Haskalah and linked Jewish emancipation to the broader movements for democracy and reform. It was not until the establishment of Austria-Hungary in 1867 and the united Germany in 1871 that Jews were
Feb 21, 2021 · Jewish life in Germany includes older established communities, people who live a conspicuously secular lifestyle and those expressing a young, self-confident identity. Since the wave of...
