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On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War / This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught and World War Two. In this revisionist account of modern European Jewry, Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities and individuals. By 1939, the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna ('Jerusalem of Lithuania') to Salonica with its Judeo-Español-speaking stevedores and singers, and beyond, the book's focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wasserstein's aim is to 'breathe life into dry bones.' Based on vast research, written with compassion and empathy, and enlivened by dry wit, On the Eve paints a vivid and shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour.

GMD	Book
Corporate Author	Europe--Jews. / Anti-Semitism--Europe.
Classification	305.892 WAS
Publisher	New York, N.Y., Simon and Schuster, 2012-05-01
Subject	HistoryAntisemitism--Europe--Pre HolocaustEuropean--Jewish--LifeCultural--Breakdown--EuropeJews--Europe--History--20th century.Jews--Europe--Social conditions--History.Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century.Antisemitism--Europe--History.World War, 1939-1945--causes.Europe--History--1920's and 1930's
Description	552
ISBN	9781416594277
Additional ISBN	1416594272
URL	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13078479-on-the-evehttps://www.amazon.com/Eve-Europe-Before-Second-World/dp/1416594272

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Explores the political and social realities endured by private Jewish citizens in the years before World War II to demonstrate how Jewish individuals and families suffered as much from hidden cultural breakdowns as from external attacks. By the award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln. 50,000 first printing.

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