"The Unwanted Element": East European Jews in Imperial Germany

Wertheimer, Jack

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“…Thus, both parties actually rivaled for monopolizing the same cultural repertoire. In a way, the tension created in the local society between the veteran dominant group of Eastern Europeans and the German newcomers was the continuation and reversal of the ambivalence with which German Jews approached the Ostjuden (a derogative expression for “Eastern Jews”) while still in Europe (Wertheimer 1981; Aschheim 1982; Volkov 2002; Bloom, unpublished). However, unlike such typical cases where the newcomers are seen as culturally inferior, in this case it was the newcomers who felt superior, being in possession of that highly valued cultural repertoire which also served as a model for the veterans.…”

Section: The Cultural Image and Position Of The Yekkes In The Locamentioning

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Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine¹

Sela-Sheffy¹

2006

J Historical Sociology

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This article examines the encounter of the German Jewish immigrants with the crystallizing of local Jewish community in British-ruled Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. It argues that their accepted image as cultural aliens, based on their allegedly incompatible European-like bourgeois life-style, was propagated by both parties in this encounter, causing their marginalization and at the same time serving them as an important socio-cultural resource. Focusing on the field of the legal profession, it analyses the 1930's and the already emerging and highlyaccepted patterns of a local middle-class civic culture (despite its rejection by the political discourse), which facilitated the advancement of an elite group of Germanborn lawyers in this field.

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Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine¹

Sela-Sheffy¹

2006

J Historical Sociology

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“…Nevertheless, in order to fend off supposedly "alien" influences, particularly from Poles and Jews, naturalization was barely ever granted. 22 Under the influence of the pan-German movement, voices were raised to foster instead the naturalization of ethnic Germans abroad. The 1913 citizenship law affirmed the principle of descent (ius sanguinis) as prime grounds for naturalization in Germany.…”

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Diversity in Germany: A Historical Perspective

Wilhelm¹

2013

German Politics and Society

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This article explores the changing perception of "diversity" and "cultural difference" in Germany and shows how they were central in the construction of "self" and "other" throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries affecting minorities such as Jews, Poles, and others. It examines different levels of legal and political action toward minorities and immigrants in this process and explores how the perception and legal framework for the Turkish minority in the past sixty years was influenced by historical patterns of such perceptions and their memory. The article tries to shed some light on how the nature of coming-to-terms with the past (Vergangenheitsbewältigung) and the memory of the Holocaust have long prohibited a broader discussion on inclusion and exclusion in German society. It makes some suggestions as to what forced Germans in the postunification era to reconsider legislation, as well as society's approach to "self" and "other" under the auspices of the closing of the "postwar period" and a newly emerging united Europe.

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Between Friends and Enemies: The Dilemma of Jews in the Final Stages of the War

Panter

2017

Minorities and the First World War

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"The Unwanted Element": East European Jews in Imperial Germany

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Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine¹

Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine¹

Diversity in Germany: A Historical Perspective

Between Friends and Enemies: The Dilemma of Jews in the Final Stages of the War

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Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine1

Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine1

Diversity in Germany: A Historical Perspective

Between Friends and Enemies: The Dilemma of Jews in the Final Stages of the War

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Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine¹

Integration through Distinction: German‐Jewish Immigrants, the Legal Profession and Patterns of Bourgeois Culture in British‐ruled Jewish Palestine¹