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Christhard
Hoffmann (Ed.)
Preserving the Legacy of German Jewry. A History of the Leo Baeck
Institute, 1955-2005
Mohr Siebeck 2005
Founded
in May 1955 in Jerusalem by German-Jewish intellectuals who had
survived the Holocaust - among them Martin Buber, Ernst Simon, Gershom
Scholem, and Robert Weltsch - the Leo Baeck Institute of Jews from
Germany (LBI) has been engaged in preserving the legacy of German
Jewry by collecting material, doing research, and presenting historical
narratives. Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary
of its founding, the present volume is the first to reconstruct
the LBI's fascinating history, from its beginnings as a memorial
community of surviving German Jews to its present status as an internationally
renowned research institute. The authors are social and cultural
historians from various countries, the majority of whom are not
directly affiliated with the LBI.
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Foreword by Michael
A. Meyer
Christhard Hoffmann
Introduction
Christhard Hoffmann
The Founding of the Leo Baeck Institute, 1945-1955
Ruth Nattermann
Diversity within Unity: The Community of Founders
Guy Miron
From Memorial Community to Research Center: The Leo Baeck Institute in
Jerusalem
Mitchell B. Hart
"Here it is, to an Astounding Degree, Saved": The Leo Baeck
Institute in New York, 1956-2000
Nils Roemer
The Making of a New Discipline: The London LBI and the Writing of the
German-Jewish Past
Stefanie Schüler-Springorum
The "German Question": The Leo Baeck Institute in Germany
Aubrey Pomerance
Coordination, Confrontation and Cooperation: The International Board of
the Leo Baeck Institute
Miriam Gebhardt
The Lost World of German Jewry: Collecting, Preserving and Reading Memories
Christhard Hoffmann
An International Forum for German-Jewish Studies: The Year Book
of the Leo Baeck Institute
Christian Wiese
A Master Narrative? The Gesamtgeschichte of German Jewry in Historical
Context
Till van Rahden
Treason, Fate or Blessing? Narratives of Assimiliation in the Historiography
of German-Speaking Jewry since the 1950s
Jürgen Matthäus
Between Fragmented Memory and "Real History": The LBI's Perception
of Jewish Self-Defense against Nazi Antisemitism, 1955-1970
Andreas Kilcher
The Grandeur and Collapse of the German-Jewish Symbiosis: Hans Tramer
and Jewish Literary Studies at the Leo Baeck Institute
Robert Liberles
Looking Forward: A Global Research Community as the Cornerstone of the
LBI Program
Publications of the
Leo Baeck Institute, 1955-2004
Sources of Illustrations,
List of Contributors, Index of Names
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