Transcending Dystopia: Music, Mobility, and the Jewish Community in Germany, 1945-1989

by Tina Freuhauf and Tina Frühauf

By the end of the Second World War, Germany was in ruins and its Jewish population so gravely diminished that a rich cultural life seemed unthinkable. And yet, as surviving Jews returned from hiding, the camps, and their exiles abroad, so did their music. Transcending Dystopia tells the story of the remarkable revival of Jewish musical activity that developed in postwar Germany against all odds. Author Tina Fr hauf provides a kaleidoscopic panorama...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197532977
• ISBN13: 9780197532973
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"