- Jewish influences, Jews, Intellectual life, Cultural assimilation
"As it's usually told, the story of the German Jews starts at the end, with their tragic demise in Hitler's Reich. Now, in this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon takes us back to the beginning, chronicling a 150-year period of achievement and integration that at its peak helped produce a golden age, second only to the Renaissance.".
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Earnest, grave, epic and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Amos Elon
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, Penguin Books Ltd, Picador
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140283945
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