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Preserving the Legacy of German Jewry. A History of the Leo Baeck Institute, 1955-2005

Hoffmann, Christhard (ed.)

Preserving the Legacy of German Jewry. A History of the Leo Baeck Institute, 1955-2005, (2005, 474 pp.)

 

Founded in May 1955 in Jerusalem by German-Jewish intellectuals who had survived the Holocaust - among them Martin Buber, Ernst Simon, Gershom Scholem, and Robert Weltsch - the Leo Baeck Institute of Jews from Germany (LBI) has been engaged in preserving the legacy of German Jewry by collecting material, doing research, and presenting historical narratives. Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its founding, the present volume is the first to reconstruct the LBI's fascinating history, from its beginnings as a memorial community of surviving German Jews to its present status as an internationally renowned research institute. The authors are social and cultural historians from various countries, the majority of whom are not directly affiliated with the LBI.

Content

Foreword by Michael A. Meyer 

Christhard Hoffmann Introduction 

Christhard Hoffmann The Founding of the Leo Baeck Institute, 1945-1955 

Ruth Nattermann Diversity within Unity: The Community of Founders Guy Miron From Memorial Community to Research Center: The Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem 

Mitchell B. Hart "Here it is, to an Astounding Degree, Saved": The Leo Baeck Institute in New York, 1956-2000 

Nils Roemer The Making of a New Discipline: The London LBI and the Writing of the German-Jewish Past 

Stefanie Schüler-Springorum The "German Question": The Leo Baeck Institute in Germany 

Aubrey Pomerance Coordination, Confrontation and Cooperation: The International Board of the Leo Baeck Institute 

Miriam Gebhardt The Lost World of German Jewry: Collecting, Preserving and Reading Memories 

Christhard Hoffmann An International Forum for German-Jewish Studies: The Year Book of the Leo Baeck Institute 

Christian Wiese A Master Narrative? The Gesamtgeschichte of German Jewry in Historical Context 

Till van Rahden Treason, Fate or Blessing? Narratives of Assimiliation in the Historiography of German-Speaking Jewry since the 1950s 

Jürgen Matthäus Between Fragmented Memory and "Real History": The LBI's Perception of Jewish Self-Defense against Nazi Antisemitism, 1955-1970 

Andreas Kilcher The Grandeur and Collapse of the German-Jewish Symbiosis: Hans Tramer and Jewish Literary Studies at the Leo Baeck Institute 

Robert Liberles Looking Forward: A Global Research Community as the Cornerstone of the LBI Program 

Publications of the Leo Baeck Institute, 1955-2004 Sources of Illustrations, List of Contributors, Index of Names

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