The study focuses on the initial establishment and subsequent development of Jewish life in Belgium in the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition reasons for German Jewish families to migrate and to settle permanently and for the first time in Belgium, thereby creating a nucleus of jewish life, are illustrated. It is explained why pioneers like Oppenheim, Benda, Schuster, Hauman, Morel, Bischofsheim and Deby left their homes (in Germany) and moved to unknown Belgian terretories. The engagement of these pioneers within the Jewish communities as well as their economic, political and social activities are highlighted.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Cilli Kasper-Holtkotte
EAN: 9789004131095
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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WEIGHT: 1251 g
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PUBLISHED BY: Brill
DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-05-27
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GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
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Book Themes:
Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social and cultural history
Cilli Kasper-Holtkotte, Ph.D. (1992) in History, University of Trier, worked as a teacher at the Universities of Trier, Mannheim, Erfurt, Nairobi. She published studies about the history of Jewish people in Europe, 16th until the 20th century. Her publications include Juden im Aufbruch (1996), Schinderhannes and the Jews and Jewish Community of Friedberg (2003).
