Jewish Property After 1945: Cultures and Economies of Ownership, Loss, Recovery, and Transfer
Author:   Jacob Ari Labendz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367891619


Pages:   122
Publication Date:   16 December 2019
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Author:   Jacob Ari Labendz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9780367891619


ISBN 10:   0367891611
Pages:   122
Publication Date:   16 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction – Jewish property after 1945: cultures and economies of ownership, loss, recovery, and transfer 1. The amnesia of the Wirtschaftswunder: Essen’s ‘House of Industrial Design’ 2. Toward a material culture of Jewish loss 3. Unsettled possession: the question of ownership of Jewish sites in Poland after the Holocaust from a local perspective 4. Synagogues for sale: Jewish-State mutuality in the communist Czech lands, 1945–1970 5. Property Claims of Jews from Arab Countries: political, monetary, or cultural? 6. Grave connections: Algeria’s Jewish cemeteries as sites of diaspora-homeland contact 7. Reconnecting with a fugitive collection: a case study of the records of JDC’s Warsaw Office, 1945–1949

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Jacob Ari Labendz is the Clayman Assistant Professor of Judaic and Holocaust Studies and the Director of the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, USA. He writes about the history of Jews in and from Central Europe with a focus on post-war Czechoslovakia, communism, and antisemitism. He also participates in broader discussions on contemporary Jewish politics, Holocaust memory, and nationalism. He holds a PhD in History from Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.

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