The author, who was one of the leading researchers of Russian cinematography, examines the depiction of Jews in Russian Film from 1919-1999.

Estonia is perhaps the only country in Europe that lacks a comprehensive history of its Jewish minority. Spanning over 150 years of Estonian Jewish history,áOn the Marginsáis a truly unique book. Rebuilding a life beyond so-called Pale of Jewish Settlemen

Reprint edition. Original was published in 1889

This meticulously researched and very personal volume recounts in detail the history of the internment, most often referred to as the internal deportation, in Hungary of Hungary's aristocracy, military and professional classes as well as the more wealthy

Realities of Sufism, the Shaykh's only book, takes readers on a journey to the heart of Islam. Expositing on the foundations of Islam's spiritual path, Sufism, Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir simultaneously describes the workings of the path of excellence-ihsan-and answers the doubts of the orientalists, modernists, and would be Islamic revivalists. Some of the topics in this book include: the history...

Between Anti-Fascist Society, Socialist Utopia and Lived Jewishness: What did it mean to be Jewish in the GDR? After the Shoah, many Jews made the conscious choice to live in East Germany, to be part of building a new, more equitable socialist society, hoping for greater justice and to overcome antisemitic structures. This volume looks at what became of their ideals, how Jewish life was newly...

Year 2023 marked 120 years of the Lazarus Jewish Hospital in Lviv (Lwów/Lemberg). This richly illustrated book is a tribute to its place in the once-vibrant Jewish community of the city and in the society at large during the period 1903-1939. Visionaries from Lviv presents the hospital’s history and its fascinating architecture, its doctors, and its founder, a prominent local Jewish...

Seinen Grundsatz, den Glauben im Handeln zu verwirklichen, lebte der Theologe Dietrich Bonhoeffer mutig und konsequent. Nach Hitlers »Machtergreifung« verurteilte er öffentlich die Judenverfolgung und arbeitete engagiert für die Bekennende Kirche. Bonhoeffers Nähe zum wehrmachtsinternen Widerstand führte 1943 zu seiner Inhaftierung. Wenige Monate vor seiner Hinrichtung im KZ Flossenbürg 1945...