Jewish Integration in the German Army in the First World War

David J. Fine

ISBN 10: 3110267969 / ISBN 13: 9783110267969

Published by De Gruyter, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In Jewish Integration in the German Army in the First World War David J. Fine offers a surprising portrayal of Jewish officers in the German army as integrated and comfortably identified as both Jews and Germans. Fine explores how both Judaism and Christianity were experienced by Jewish soldiers at the front, making an important contribution to the study of the experience of religion in war. Fine shows how the encounter of German Jewish soldiers with the old world of the shtetl on the eastern front tested both their German and Jewish identities. Finally, utilizing published and unpublished sources including letters, diaries, memoirs, military service records, press accounts, photographs, drawings and tomb stone inscriptions, the author argues that antisemitism was not a primary factor in the war experience of Jewish soldiers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jewish Integration in the German Army in the First World War
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110267969
• ISBN 13: 9783110267969
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 160H x 17D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 450 grams

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Synopsis

In Jewish Integration in the German Army in the First World War David J. Fine offers a surprising portrayal of Jewish officers in the German army as integrated and comfortably identified as both Jews and Germans. Fine explores how both Judaism and Christianity were experienced by Jewish soldiers at the front, making an important contribution to the study of the experience of religion in war. Fine shows how the encounter of German Jewish soldiers with the old world of the shtetl on the eastern front tested both their German and Jewish identities. Finally, utilizing published and unpublished sources including letters, diaries, memoirs, military service records, press accounts, photographs, drawings and tomb stone inscriptions, the author argues that antisemitism was not a primary factor in the war experience of Jewish soldiers.

About the Author

David J. Fine, Ridgewood, New Jersey.