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A deadly legacy : German Jews and the Great war, Tim Grady

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Summary
"This book is the first to offer a full account of the varied contributions of German Jews to Imperial Germany's endeavors during the Great War. Historian Tim Grady examines the efforts of the 100,000 Jewish soldiers who served in the German military (12,000 of whom died), as well as the various activities Jewish communities supported at home, such as raising funds for the war effort and securing vital food supplies. However, Grady's research goes much deeper: he shows that German Jews were never at the periphery of Germany's warfare, but were in fact heavily involved. The author finds that many German Jews were committed to the same brutal and destructive war that other Germans endorsed, and he discusses how the conflict was in many ways lived by both groups alike. What none could have foreseen was the dangerous legacy they created together, a legacy that enabled Hitler's rise to power and planted the seeds of the Holocaust to come"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
Contents
  • Precedents
  • War enthusiasm
  • Total war
  • Annexations
  • Celebrating destruction
  • The "Other"
  • Breakdown
  • Myths of Defeat
  • The End
Isbn
9780300231236
Instance
Label
A deadly legacy : German Jews and the Great war
Title
A deadly legacy
Title remainder
German Jews and the Great war
Statement of responsibility
Tim Grady
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This book is the first to offer a full account of the varied contributions of German Jews to Imperial Germany's endeavors during the Great War. Historian Tim Grady examines the efforts of the 100,000 Jewish soldiers who served in the German military (12,000 of whom died), as well as the various activities Jewish communities supported at home, such as raising funds for the war effort and securing vital food supplies. However, Grady's research goes much deeper: he shows that German Jews were never at the periphery of Germany's warfare, but were in fact heavily involved. The author finds that many German Jews were committed to the same brutal and destructive war that other Germans endorsed, and he discusses how the conflict was in many ways lived by both groups alike. What none could have foreseen was the dangerous legacy they created together, a legacy that enabled Hitler's rise to power and planted the seeds of the Holocaust to come"--
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Grady, Tim
Dewey number
940.4/1343089924
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
D639.J4
LC item number
G73 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Jewish soldiers
  • Jews, German
  • Collective memory
  • Germany
Label
A deadly legacy : German Jews and the Great war, Tim Grady
Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Precedents -- War enthusiasm -- Total war -- Annexations -- Celebrating destruction -- The "Other" -- Breakdown -- Myths of Defeat -- The End
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780300231236
Lccn
2017007008
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.12987/9780300231236
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctvkz97bd
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • on1109847441
  • (OCoLC)1109847441
Label
A deadly legacy : German Jews and the Great war, Tim Grady
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Precedents -- War enthusiasm -- Total war -- Annexations -- Celebrating destruction -- The "Other" -- Breakdown -- Myths of Defeat -- The End
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780300231236
Lccn
2017007008
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.12987/9780300231236
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctvkz97bd
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • on1109847441
  • (OCoLC)1109847441

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