Jewish Pasts, German Fictions: History, Memory, and Minority Culture in Germany, 1824-1955
β Scribed by Jonathan Skolnik
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 277
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This is a study of German historical novels about Jewish history from the 1800s through the Holocaust.
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