Before Catastrophe: The Distinctive Path of German Zionism

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Wayne State University Press, 1996 - 292 עמודים
This book, a first attempt to analyse German Zionism in a global Zionist context, sheds new light on the role of German Zionism in the German-Jewish community. It traces the emergence of a small component of the Zionist movement which regardless of size played a distinctive part in both German-Jewish and Zionist history on the eve of World War II. Positioned strategically between East and West, German Zionism was open to influences from both sides. Although post-assimilationist, it was affected by the encounter with East European Jewry. The product was a unique form of Zionism that combined Western ideas with radical 'Palestinocentrism'.
 

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Setting the Stage
11
German Zionism The First Phase
18
The Impact of the War on German Zionism
31
The Weimar Republic
39
Plans for the Development of Palestine
46
The Basis for Cooperation with Chaim Weizmann
61
For the Sake of the Land of Israel
88
Zionist Responsibility
106
First Encounter with The Arab Question
141
Brith Shalom
162
In the Wake of the 1929 Riots A Breakdown of Unity
181
Weizmannism on Trial
207
Confronting the Nazi Threat
227
German Zionism in Retrospect
254
Abbreviations
266
Index
279

The Leftist Center
126

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