Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933

Title: Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933
Author: Amos Elon
ISBN: 9780312422813
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2003
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 464
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Publisher Description:

In this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists. In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, and many others, Elon traces how a small minority came to be perceived as a deadly threat
to German national integrity.