The Jews of Nazi Vienna, 1938-1945
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The Jews of Nazi Vienna, 1938-1945

Rescue and Destruction

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The Jews of Nazi Vienna, 1938-1945

Rescue and Destruction

About this book

This book examines Jewish life in Vienna just after the Nazi-takeover in 1938. Who were Vienna's Jews, how did they react and respond to Nazism, and why? Drawing upon the voices of the individuals and families who lived during this time, together with new archival documentation, Ilana Offenberger reconstructs the daily lives of Vienna's Jews from Anschluss in March 1938 through the entire Nazi occupation and the eventual dissolution of the Jewish community of Vienna. Offenberger explains how and why over two-thirds of the Jewish community emigrated from the country, while one-third remained trapped. A vivid picture emerges of the co-dependent relationship this community developed with their German masters, and the false hope they maintained until the bitter end. The Germans murdered close to one third of Vienna's Jewish population in the "final solution" and their family members who escaped the Reich before 1941 chose never to return; they remained dispersed across the world. This is not a triumphant history. Although the overwhelming majority survived the Holocaust, the Jewish community that once existed was destroyed.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9783319493572
eBook ISBN
9783319493589
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War II
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. Note to the Reader
  8. Chapter 1: From the Opera to the Streets
  9. Chapter 2: The Anschluss Pogrom: Panic, Chaos, and Confusion for Vienna’s Jews in March 1938
  10. Chapter 3: The IKG: Co-opted by the New Masters
  11. Chapter 4: Turning Point: From Vienna to Dachau
  12. Chapter 5: Rescue and Destruction: Daily Life During a Mass Exodus
  13. Chapter 6: November Complications, but Emigration Continues
  14. Chapter 7: Transition to Deportation, 1941
  15. Chapter 8: Caught in the Vicious Cycle: From a Working Jewish Community to a Council of Jewish Elders
  16. Chapter 9: Epilogue: Going “Home”? The Aftermath of the Holocaust for the Jewish Community of Vienna
  17. Bibliography
  18. Archives
  19. Unpublished Sources/Private Interviews and Collections
  20. Secondary Literature
  21. Index