Before Catastrophe: The Distinctive Path of German ZionismWayne 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'. |
תוכן
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 |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
14th Zionist Congress aliya antisemitism Arabs Arthur Ruppin August Balfour Declaration Berlin Bileski binational binationalism Binyan Haaretz Brith Shalom Centralverein Chaim Weizmann convention cooperation cultural delegates Deutschland Diaspora economic emigration enterprise establishment Felix Rosenblüth Freie Zionistische Gruppe German Jewish German Jews German Zionist leadership German Zionist movement German Zionists goal Haolam Hapoel Hatzair Hebrew Jabotinsky Jehuda Reinharz Jerusalem Jewish Agency Jewish community Jewish Legion Jewish national home Jewry Jüdische Rundschau July Keren Hayesod Kollenscher Kurt Blumenfeld LBIA letter to Bergman Linkes Zentrum Martin Buber Mizrahi Nazi non-Zionists November NULA Palästina Palestinocentrism party Poalei Zion political Protokoll Radical Faction radical Zionist response Revisionists Richard Lichtheim Robert Weltsch Rosenblüth's letter Ruppin Schocken Archives September social socialist Weimar Weizmann Letters Weltsch's letter world Zionist Yishuv Zionist Actions Committee Zionist activity Zionist Congress Zionist Executive Zionist leaders Zionist movement Zionist Organization Zionist policy Zionisten-Kongresses ZVfD