Emanuel Melzer (13 results)

paperback. Condition: New. 1st.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, red cloth with gold lettering, 436, xx, index., English and Yiddish language summaries of the articles at the rear, errata, b/w plates, bibliography Text is in Hebrew. Introduction by the editors. Articles are "Raphael Mahler's Contribution to Karaite Research," Zvi Ankori, "The Debate Over Religious Reform in the Polish-Language Jewish Press," Aleksander Guttermann, "Polish Socialsim and the Jewish Question on the Eve of the Founding of PPS and SDKP(a) II," Mishkinsky, "The Attitutde of the Polish National Democratic Party (Endecja) in its Early Years to the Jewish Question," Yisrael Oppenheim, "The Jewish Workers' Movement in Galicia on the Eve of World War I: The Failure to Unify," Shabtai Unger, "Labour Legislation in Interwar Poland and Jewish Workers," Bina Garncarska-Kadari, "The Establishment of the Jewish Caucus (Kolo) in the Polish Sejm and the Crystallisation of the Parliamentary Strategy, 1922-1923," Shlomo Netzer, "Action by Polish Jews to Renew Jewish Life in Poland January-June 1945," Hana Shlomi, "Reactions to Antisemitism in Poland in the Novels of Michael Bursztyn," Chone Shmeruk, "Wladyslaw Schlengel - A Poet in the Warsaw Ghetto," Ruth Shenfled. Dcouments and Sources and Archival Materials are "The Riddle of the Murder of Henryk Ehrlich and Wiktor Alter by the Soviets," Pawl Korzec, "M. Apolinary Hartglas as Reflected in His Memoirs," Mirjam Szerszewska, "The Holocaust in Lwos as Seen bya Pole," Aharon Weiss, "Some Methodological Observations on the Emendation of Documents on the History of Polish Jewry,".…

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Condition: Good. Volume 19. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0878204180. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 235pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Tight unmarked book in black cloth; in barely rubbed dust jacket.; 6 X 1.3 X 9 inches; 348 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 235pp.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This scholarly study sheds important new light on the politics of Polish Jewry on the eve of its destruction. Drawing from sources in the Polish Jewish and non-Jewish press and from archives in Europe, Israel, and the United States, Emanuel Melzer examines the efforts of Jews in this major center of Jewish life to secure its existence and advance its interests in the late 1930s, when the radicalization of antisemitism became an increasingly prominent theme in the countrys political life. With the death of Pilsudski, the prognosis for the Polish Jews appeared increasingly bleak, as hostile forces sought to abrogate their constitutional rights and force them to leave the country en masse. The enmity they experienced drew in no small measure from the example of Nazi Germany, which did not hesitate to portray the Jews as the common enemy of Germans and Poles alike. In the face of these developments, Polish Jews attempted to wage a coordinated and concerted political battle against the economic persecution, hostile administrative practices, discriminatory legislation, and violent riots that increasingly pervaded their daily lives. Melzer recounts those attempts and analyzes their failure. Of the three primary groups among Polish Jewrythe Zionists, Agudas Yisroel, and the Bundonly the last was capable of carrying on effective opposition to anti-Jewish forces. But it was not prepared to join with nonproletarian Jewish groups in an all-Jewish defense. The Jewish press, too, was not able to forge a unified Jewish organizational framework, tied as it was to the existing political parties and reflecting their attitudes and shortcomings. The only official political voice of Polish Jewry was the small Jewish parliamentary caucus. Although respected by much of the Jewish public, the Sejm and Senat deputies were not recognized as its legitimate spokesmen and usually acted without coordinating their interventions with one another. As a result, the most effective Jewish actions were undertaken on the local levelnotably the self-defense organized during the Przytyk pogrom and the stubborn battle of Jewish students against the ghetto benches. Melzer demonstrates that the vociferous Jewish public debate over questions of policy and the tenacious daily struggles against discrimination had little effect upon Polish Jewrys deteriorating situation. Without charismatic leadership and an organizational framework based on common Jewish destiny and mutual identification, its ability to confront the grave challenges that lay ahead was seriously impaired. With the approach of war, many felt they were trapped with no way out, left to face the Nazi onslaught virtually alone.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

THIS VOLUME ONLY. 245x175 mm. XIX+436 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover rubbed, curved and worn. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly rubbed and slightly worn. Spine edges bumped. Stamps on few pages. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. The book is in : Hebrew.

16X23.5 cm. xii+235 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition. The book is in : English.