01043nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200220008810000140011024500600012426000320018430000280021636500210024452004780026565000230074365000090076665000340077570000160080920211109142641.0211109b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0713993413  cAL  aeng  223a943.004bELOP  aAmos Elon  aPity of it All: A Portrait of Jews in Germany 1743-1933  aLondonbPenguin Booksc2002  ax,446 p.bHBc24x15 cm.  b25.00c£d25.00  aIn this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists. In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, and many others, Elon traces how a small minority came to be perceived as a deadly threat
to German national integrity.

  aHistory of Germany  aJews  aCivilization Jewish Influence  aELON (Amos)