Being Jewish in Nazi Germany

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt – Anmeldung erforderlich:

How did Jews in Nazi Germany react to being excluded from public life? How was their communal life reorganized, and what changes took place in their private lives? How did their growing hardship affect the way they experienced time and space?

Guy Miron’s new book “Jüdisch-Sein im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland: gelebter Raum, gelebte Zeit“ (Neofelis Verlag, 2026, aus dem Hebräischen von Almut Laufer) offers a new perspective on the life of Jews under National Socialism. Focusing on the spatial and temporal aspects of the changes brought about by the new regime, it highlights the strategies German Jews employed to cope with the new reality. Based on two main types of sources – private (diaries, correspondences, and memoirs), and public (Jewish press) – the book sheds new light on the topics of maintaining Jewish agency and Jewish defiance.

The book presentation will be followed by a discussion between the author, Professor Guy Miron (Jerusalem), and Professor Andrea Löw (Munich / Mannheim).