Jewish Life in Nazi Germany: Dilemmas and Responses

by Francis R. Nicosia (Editor), David Scrase (Editor)

German Jews faced harsh dilemmas in their responses to Nazi persecution, partly a result of Nazi cruelty and brutality but also a result of an understanding of their history and rightful place in Germany. This volume addresses the impact of the anti-Jewish policies of Hitler’s regime on Jewish family life, Jewish women, and the existence of Jewish organizations and institutions and considers some of the Jewish responses to Nazi anti-Semitism and persecution. This volume offers scholars, students, and interested readers a highly accessible but focused introduction to Jewish life under National Socialism, the often painful dilemmas that it produced, and the varied Jewish responses to those dilemmas.

256 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Francis R. Nicosia was an American historian at the University of Vermont with a focus on modern history and Holocaust research. Prior to taking up his position at the University of Vermont, he taught at Saint Michael's College from 1979 to 2008, and research stays in 1992 as a Fulbright scholarship holder at the Technical University of Berlin and in 2006 at the Humboldt University of Berlin.