<p>This very readable book edited by Michael Brenner deals with the continuities and changes in the history of Jews in Germany after 1945 and for the first time constitutes a systematic history of the Jewish community in postwar Germany until the present time. Together with eight modern historians, Brenner presents a thoroughly researched chronicle and always differentiated interpretations of the events.</p>
<i>Neue Zürcher Zeitung</i>
<p>This volume, which illuminates a multi-faceted panorama of Jewish life after 1945, will remain the authoritative reading on the subject for the time to come.</p>
<i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i>
<p>A lot of archival work was necessary (for the first chapter). Thus, there is a huge amount of information already on the first 140 pages of this excellent work. This first part clarifies the difficult situation of Liberal, Orthodox, and Zionist Jews, who were looking for a new home.</p>
<i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i>
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Biographical note
Michael Brenner is Professor of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich and Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies at American University in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and International President of the Leo Baeck Institute. Brenner's publications include A Short History of the Jews, Prophets of the Past: Interpreters of Jewish History, Zionism: A Short History, and he is a contributing author to the four-volume German-Jewish History in Modern Times.