The Population History of German Jewry 1815–1939 : : Based on the Collections and Preliminary Research of Prof. Usiel Oscar Schmelz / / Steven Mark Lowenstein; ed. by Michael Berenbaum, David N. Myers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Lowenstein, Steven Mark,
• HerausgeberIn: Berenbaum, Michael,; Myers, David N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (760 p.)

The late Steven Lowenstein was a brilliant social historian who, after retiring from his academic position at the University of Judaism, toiled for years—and up to his final days—to complete this monumental book, which is the definitive demographic history of German Jewry. Lowenstein took the research of Hebrew University demographer Professor Osiel Oscar Schmetz and brought it to life in the daily lived experiences of German Jews. The book is organized chronologically from Napoleon to German Unification (1815-1871), Imperial Germany and then the post- World War I era through the Nazi period. Later chapters are regional and topical studies. Lowenstein’s calling as a social historian required him to examines “every leaf on every tree in the forest;” but he never lost sight of the trees and the forest – larger context. We know the ending of the story of German Jewry. Lowenstein’s great achievement is to document the extraordinary demographic resources that bespoke a vibrant German Jewish culture—and made that ending especially tragic.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Sergio DellaPergola The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- Preface 1. The Life and Work of Steven M. Lowenstein z”l (1945–2020): “From Washington Heights to Skid Row—a Life of Learning and Doing” -- Preface 2. Steven Lowenstein’s Demographic History -- Acknowledgments -- Editors’ Note -- Introduction -- CHRONOLOGICAL SECTION -- 1 From the Fall of Napoleon to the Unification of Germany (1815–1871) -- 2 German Jewish Population Changes in Imperial Germany (1871–1918) -- 3 From the “Demographic Crisis” of the 1920s to the Flight to Escape after 1933 -- TOPICAL SECTION -- 4 Natural Growth and Changes in the German Jewish Family -- 5 Changing Age Structure -- 6 Conversion and Intermarriage -- 7 Migration—Overall Trends and Internal Migration -- 8 Immigration and Emigration -- 9 From Countryside to City: Urbanization and the Survival of Small-Town Jewish Communities -- 10 Jewish Residential Concentration in German Cities -- REGIONAL SECTION -- 11 The Eastern Provinces -- 12 Central and Northwestern Germany—from Sparse Jewish Density to an Urban and Immigrant Center -- 13 Western Germany -- 13 Western Germany -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Geographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) -- Geographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) -- MAPS -- Index