Social groups: religious groups and communities

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The Israeli destruction of Gaza has returned the idea of genocide to the centre of world politics, with sharp conflicts between protesters and lawyers who invoke it and governments and media that deny it.

During World War II, thousands of Moldovan Jews were imprisoned in the Obodovka ghetto, located in the Romanian-occupied part of Ukraine.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ESCAPE ARTISTA THE ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'Magnificent .

First published in Yiddish in 1946 and translated into Spanish in 2001, this is the first time that Malka Owsianys story is available in English.

Building Bridges Among Abrahams Children honors the extraordinary career of Professor Michael Berenbaum, a luminary in Holocaust studies, museum design, filmmaking, and interfaith dialogue.

Antisemitism from Muslims has become a serious issue in Western Europe, although not often acknowledged as such.

Many black soldiers serving in the U.

Escaping Hell is the compelling and true story of a heroic young Polish officer who survived the terror of five years in the prisons of Auschwitz and Buchenwald - where violence was meaningless because human life had lost all value.

This is the gripping story of how one man's half-century of service and devotion helped build and develop the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment; and how that regiment played a vital role in Canada's efforts during the Second World War.

An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.

Jacob Taubes war ein Denker zwischen Judentum und westlicher Philosophie, die sich ihm von Parmenides bis Marx und Kierkegaard, Heidegger und Benjamin spannte, "von Ionien bis Jena", wie er zu sagen pflegte.

Der Geist des Ressentiments kehrt zurück nach Europa.

World War II made enormous and unprecedented demands upon the nation's civil service administration.

In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912-1993) boarded the St.

Escaping certain deathnot once but several timeslies at the core of the riveting, real-life story of an American soldier during World War II.

Vor 100 Jahren suchten selbstbewusste Laien nach neuen Wegen, sich als Katholiken in den Streitfragen des bürgerlichen Lebens zu behaupten.

Although it has been overshadowed by other events of the Second World War, Canada's role in the Italian Campaign, from 1943 to 1945, was significant.

Die soziale und politische Wirkmächtigkeit und die Konflikthaftigkeit von religiösen Überzeugungen erfordern es, das Verhältnis von Religion und Bildung neu zu reflektieren.

Samuel Joseph Agnon, Psychoanalysis and Jewish History: A Comparative Study compares the writings of Samuel Joseph Agnon (1887-1970) with other writers, including Gustav Flaubert, Franz Kafka, D.

An Allied unit comprised of Canadian and American troops, the First Special Service Force or "e;Devil's Brigade"e; struck fear into the very heart of the Axis.

For 16-year-old Jan Kamienski, life as he knows it ends when Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939.

Was macht afrikanische Identität aus?

Der Anspruch gesellschaftlicher Gerechtigkeit uberschreitet heute die raumlichen Grenzen des Nationalstaates ebenso wie die zeitlichen Grenzen der aktuell lebenden Generationen und fordert uberkommene Beteiligungsmuster heraus.

Many scholars have tried to assess Adolf Hitler's influence on the German people, usually focusing on university towns and industrial communities, most of them predominately Protestant or religiously mixed.

Drawing on recently released Soviet archival materials, Hunger and War investigates state food supply policy and its impact on Soviet society during World War II.

Bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice marked the women caught up in conflict during the Second World War.

Contrasts between fighter combat and the bombers' war support Klinkowitz's belief that notions of the air war were determined by one's position in it.

Now in its ninth edition, A History of Modern Germany provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of this complex country's history, beginning in 1871 and ending in the present day.

The Lion and the Star not only offers an informed glimpse into the intricacies of daily German life but also confirms the continuing danger of making sweeping generalizations about German Jews and non-Jews.

Private Jack Poolton was among the Canadians landing at the disastrous raid on Dieppe.

William R.

At a time of great sacrifice in Canadian history, we are welcomed into the homes, the hearts, and the minds of mothers, sons, fathers, and friends as we follow Syd Smith and his high-school brotherhood of 13 when they answer the call to duty in 1941.

In 1941, the fortress city of Terezin, outside Prague, was ostensibly converted into model ghetto, where Jews could temporarily reside before being sent to a more permanent settlement.

No part of the Nazi movement contributed more to Hitler's success than the Sturmabteilung (SA)-the notorious Brown Shirts.

Bei Hitze, Hagel, Kälte oder Trockenheit, als Mittel zur Brandbekämpfung und Abwendung von Wassergefahren hielt man Hostien für allgegenwärtig und allmächtig.

The Berlin newspaper Der Angriff (The Attack), founded by Joseph Goebbels in 1927, was a significant instrument for arousing support for Nazi ideas.

The involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of tiny professional cadres.

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer.

Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil entdeckte in seinem Sprechen über die Kirche die biblischen Bilder neu.

An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.

Arthur M.

The Spanish Civil War, begun in July 1936, was a preliminary round of World War II.

This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party's membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.

While religious diversity is often considered a recent phenomenon in America, the Cape Fear region of southeastern North Carolina has been a diverse community since the area was first settled.

Translating Silent Cinema examines closely the translation, adaptation, and reception of three silent films in English, German, and Yiddish to argue that the study of film translation should extend beyond textual translation to a wide selection of primary materials and the consideration of social, economic, cultural, and historical contexts.

This book spotlights the trajectories of young women and men navigating the turmoil of the early twentieth century.