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As a field, German-Jewish Studies emphasizes the dangers of
nationalism, monoculturalism, and ethnocentrism, while making room
for multilingual and transnational perspectives with questions
surrounding migration, refugees, exile, and precarity. Focussing on
the relevance and utility of the field for the twenty-first
century, German-Jewish Studies explores why studying and applying
German-Jewish history and culture must evolve and be given further
attention today. The volume brings together an interdisciplinary
range of scholars to reconsider the history of antisemitism-as well
as intersections of antisemitism with racism and colonialism-and
how connections to German Jews shed light on the continuities,
ruptures, anxieties, and possible futures of German-speaking Jews
and their legacies.
Weimar Germany (1919-33) was an era of equal rights for women and
minorities, but also of growing antisemitism and hostility toward
the Jewish population. This led some Jews to want to pass or be
perceived as non-Jews; yet there were still occasions when it was
beneficial to be openly Jewish. Being visible as a Jew often
involved appearing simultaneously non-Jewish and Jewish. Passing
Illusions examines the constructs of German-Jewish visibility
during the Weimar Republic and explores the controversial aspects
of this identity-and the complex reasons many decided to conceal or
reveal themselves as Jewish. Focusing on racial stereotypes, Kerry
Wallach outlines the key elements of visibility, invisibility, and
the ways Jewishness was detected and presented through a broad
selection of historical sources including periodicals, personal
memoirs, and archival documents, as well as cultural texts
including works of fiction, anecdotes, images, advertisements,
performances, and films. Twenty black-and-white illustrations
(photographs, works of art, cartoons, advertisements, film stills)
complement the book's analysis of visual culture.
Weimar Germany (1919–33) was an era of equal rights for women and
minorities, but also of growing antisemitism and hostility toward
the Jewish population. This led some Jews to want to pass or be
perceived as non-Jews; yet there were still occasions when it was
beneficial to be openly Jewish. Being visible as a Jew often
involved appearing simultaneously non-Jewish and Jewish. Passing
Illusions examines the constructs of German-Jewish visibility
during the Weimar Republic and explores the controversial aspects
of this identity – and the complex reasons many decided to
conceal or reveal themselves as Jewish. Focusing on racial
stereotypes, Kerry Wallach outlines the key elements of visibility,
invisibility, and the ways Jewishness was detected and presented
through a broad selection of historical sources including
periodicals, personal memoirs, and archival documents, as well as
cultural texts including works of fiction, anecdotes, images,
advertisements, performances, and films. Twenty black-and-white
illustrations (photographs, works of art, cartoons, advertisements,
film stills) complement the book’s analysis of visual culture.
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