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This study of Jewish life in Germany from 1650 until 1945 investigates the details of daily living, the homes and neighbourhoods in which Jews lived, their families and friendships, religious practices and feelings, as well as their educations and occupations. In locating Jews at the grassroots, it also uncovers non-Jewish Germans and their...

Between Dignity and Despair focuses on the everyday tyranny Jews experienced and their reactions to the living nightmare of Nazism. Using a wide variety of sources, including memoirs, diaries, and letters, Kaplan explores the most fundamental aspects of Jewish lives, their homes, families, and communities, and shows how the victims, especially...