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
