The Jews in Germany, 1945-1993: The Building of a Minority

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Most Jews who now live in Germany have lived elsewhere. They are neither the remnants of those who survived the Holocaust nor those who are in transit to Israel or the United States. They are a disparate but vibrant and growing community of over 80,000 people. Forty thousand of them are members of official Jewish communities in today's Germany. Because of the Nazi past, this proportionately small number of individuals plays an out-of-scale role in German politics and world consciousness. As a study in the formation of minority communities within European national matrices, Cohn's work has interest for sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists as well. It is the only published work on the Jewish community in Germany today.

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This book is readable, concise and informative. In detailing the post war era, Mr. Cohn provides a systematic, up-to-date introduction to the subject matter. The Jews in Germany would provide a feasible supplementary textbook for classes studying modern history.-AUFBAU
"This book is readable, concise and informative. In detailing the post war era, Mr. Cohn provides a systematic, up-to-date introduction to the subject matter. The Jews in Germany would provide a feasible supplementary textbook for classes studying modern history."-AUFBAU

Author Bio

MICHAEL COHN is Adjunct Anthropologist at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City. He has served at the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 25 years and is the author of many works on minorities and history, particularly of the New York area.