The Jews of Vienna and the First World War (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)

David Rechter

ISBN 10: 1904113826 / ISBN 13: 9781904113829

Published by The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2008

About this Item

The first account of the experience of Viennese Jewry during the First World War, exploring the wartime crises of Jewish ideology and identity. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 337. . 2007. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jews of Vienna and the First World War (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
• Publisher: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904113826
• ISBN 13: 9781904113829
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The First World War marked the final chapter in the history of Habsburg Viennese Jewry. In this book, the first study of Viennese Jews in this period, David Rechter explores the community's crises of ideology and identity during the traumatic war years. The book is also a study of modern Jewish politics. Viennese and Austrian Jewish political culture was a unique amalgam, combining the nationalism and radicalism of eastern Europe with the liberalism of the west. During the war, Zionism emerged the victor. The Jewish experience resembled that of other minorities in central and eastern Europe in this period, where ideologies of nationalism and ethnic self-determination became the prevailing norm. Despite this political transformation, Jewish world-views whether liberal, nationalist, or Orthodox survived the war remarkably intact. In analysing how Viennese Jews made the difficult transition from the Habsburg empire to the Austrian Republic, David Rechter offers a case study of Jewish politics and society in the crucible of war and brings to light an unexamined episode of modern Jewish history.

About the Author

David Rechter is Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Oxford and William Golding Senior Research Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford. He is the author of The Jews of Vienna and the First World War (2001) and Becoming Habsburg: The Jews of Austrian Bukovina 1774–1918 (2013), both published by the Littman Library.