Locating Nazi evil: the contrasting visions of Gerschom Scholem, Hannah Arendt and Victor Klemperer
TitleLocating Nazi evil: the contrasting visions of Gerschom Scholem, Hannah Arendt and Victor Klemperer
Author
Call number943.004924/0028
Object number05775b
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherThe Hebrew University Magnes Press
Year of publication
2006
Physical descriptionpp17-32
MaterialArticle
ISBN9654932547
NotesArticle from the book 'On Germans and Jews under the Nazi regime' pp17-32
Description
The author discusses the significant differences and similarities of the three prominent Jewish scholars and thinkers - with Scholem a Zionist, Arendt a dedicated Jew and erstwhile Zionist yet suspicious of of all collective and ideological labelings and Klemperer, a convert to protestantism and an advocate of German-Jewish assimilation