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Political and Social Dimensions of the Jewish Communities in the German Democratic Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Klaus J. Herrmann
Klaus J. Herrmann*
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Concordia University, Montreal
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With the destruction of the Third Reich and subsequent establishment of two separate and sovereign German states, different perspectives on society and class have resulted in differences in German-Jewish affairs. The Jewish communities in the Federal Republic of Germany, while predicated on the principles of religious corporations, became oriented toward the World Zionist Organization and the State of Israel. Indeed, Jewish life in West Germany soon represented expatriate Israeli existence, and the religious, cultural and political organizations of West-German Jews have become largely extensions of Zionist and Israeli purposes.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , Spring 1982 , pp. 41 - 54
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Copyright © 1982 by the Association for the Study of the Nationalities (USSR and East Europe) Inc. 

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