Jews in Today’s German Culture

152 Pages·1995·5.325 MB·English

by  Sander L. Gilman

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Sander L. Gilman
Sander L. Gilman
This is the first book to examine an emerg¬
ing new German Jewish culture that has
become visible since the fall of the Berlin
Wall.
The Shoah seemed to have erased the
historical Jewish presence in German cul¬
ture. Since the late 1980s, however, a
once-silent and therefore relatively invis¬
ible Jewish community of the victims of
the Shoah has been restructuring itself, as
a new generation of German Jews enters
the mainstream of German cultural life.
Sander L. Gilman surveys the recent ex¬
plosion of works by creative artists who
invoke their Jewish identity and place at
the center of their art the question of what
it means to be a Jew in contemporary Ger¬
many.
After introducing this new generation
of German Jewish novelists, dramatists,
film makers, and critics, Gilman analyzes
the critical reception of the novels of
Rafael Seligmann and Esther Dischereit,
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JEWS
IN TODAY'S
GERMAN CULTURE
The Helen and Martin Schwartz
Lectures in Jewish Studies, 1993
Sponsored by the
Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns
Jewish Studies Program,
Indiana University
JEWS
IN TODAY'S
GERMAN CULTURE
Sander L. Gilman
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Bloomington & Indianapolis
© 1995 by Sander L. Gilman
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Gilman, Sander L.
Jews in today's German culture / Sander L. Gilman.
p. cm. — (Helen and Martin Schwartz lectures in
Jewish studies)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-253-32573-0
1. German literature—Jewish authors—History and
criticism. 2. Jews—Germany—History—1945- .
3. German literature—-20th century—History and criticism. 4.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) —Germany—Influence. 5. Ger¬
many—Ethnic relations. I. Title.
II. Series.
PT169.G56 1995
830.9’8924—dc20 94-18781
1 2 3 4 5 00 99 98 97 96 95
will you leaders
bleat pious laments
in the houses
where the law proclaims
freedom of a flower
to be treasured
while foul beasts
prowl the streets
defiling freedom's fruit
will hyena howls
shame your being
silence your song
homage to honour?
this time
you cannot deny
the knowing of what happens
in your midst
the third world
is aware
The South African poet James Matthews
upon visiting Frankfurt in November 1992.
(Die Suid-Afrikaan [May/June 1993], p. 26)