THE BRESLAU JEWISH MUSEUM: "DISINTEGRATION OF THE MANIFEST WORLD"

Barnstone, DA

THE BRESLAU JEWISH MUSEUM: "DISINTEGRATION OF THE MANIFEST WORLD"

Barnstone, DA

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 2013, 12 (3), pp. 459 - 478
Issue Date:: 2013-11-20

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dc.contributor.author	Barnstone, DA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2846-1226	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-11-20	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 2013, 12 (3), pp. 459 - 478	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1472-5886	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/26871
dc.description.abstract	The Breslau Jewish Museum's brief history mirrors the changing identity German Jews held in the national community between 1928 and 1938. The Museum was initially founded by an optimistic group of prominent Breslau Jews who wished to both chronicle and celebrate the place Jews had in Weimar era Silesian and Breslau culture. But the group's ambitions soon had to be reassessed. After Hitler's assumption of power in 1933 it became increasingly clear that Jewishness was not to be flaunted or celebrated publicly, much less institutionally. As Jews came under attack, the Jewish Museum assumed the defensive role of guardian of Jewish heritage, objects and culture. Its new isolation from the non-Jewish Silesian and Breslau communities paralleled the growing marginalization of German Jews generally. The Museum's closure just days before Kristallnacht in 1938 seems prescient; both events signalled the end of Jewish life in Germany and the abrogation of German Jewish identity. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Modern Jewish Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/14725886.2013.836804	en_US
dc.title	THE BRESLAU JEWISH MUSEUM: "DISINTEGRATION OF THE MANIFEST WORLD"	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
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Abstract:

The Breslau Jewish Museum's brief history mirrors the changing identity German Jews held in the national community between 1928 and 1938. The Museum was initially founded by an optimistic group of prominent Breslau Jews who wished to both chronicle and celebrate the place Jews had in Weimar era Silesian and Breslau culture. But the group's ambitions soon had to be reassessed. After Hitler's assumption of power in 1933 it became increasingly clear that Jewishness was not to be flaunted or celebrated publicly, much less institutionally. As Jews came under attack, the Jewish Museum assumed the defensive role of guardian of Jewish heritage, objects and culture. Its new isolation from the non-Jewish Silesian and Breslau communities paralleled the growing marginalization of German Jews generally. The Museum's closure just days before Kristallnacht in 1938 seems prescient; both events signalled the end of Jewish life in Germany and the abrogation of German Jewish identity. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

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