000684839 000__ 02165cam\a2200409\a\4500 000684839 001__ 684839 000684839 005__ 20210515092217.0 000684839 008__ 110520s2012\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000684839 010__ $$a 2011020529 000684839 019__ $$a788497442$$a809422386 000684839 020__ $$a9781416594277$$qhardcover 000684839 020__ $$a1416594272$$qhardcover 000684839 020__ $$a9781416594284$$qpaperback 000684839 020__ $$a1416594280$$qpaperback 000684839 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn726695820 000684839 035__ $$a684839 000684839 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDXCP$$dBDX$$dUPZ$$dBKL$$dCDX$$dMLY$$dBWX$$dBUR$$dVP@$$dOCLCF 000684839 042__ $$apcc 000684839 043__ $$ae------ 000684839 049__ $$aISEA 000684839 05000 $$aDS135.E83$$bW36 2012 000684839 08200 $$a305.892/40409041$$223 000684839 1001_ $$aWasserstein, Bernard. 000684839 24510 $$aOn the eve :$$bthe Jews of Europe before the Second World War /$$cBernard Wasserstein. 000684839 250__ $$a1st ed. 000684839 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$cc2012. 000684839 300__ $$axxi, 552 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000684839 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [461]-520 and index. 000684839 5050_ $$aThe melting glacier -- The Christian problem -- Grandees and grandstanders -- From shtetl to shtot -- New Jerusalems -- Holy men -- Unholy women -- Luftmenshn -- Non-Jewish Jews -- The linguistic matrix -- The power of the word -- A people of many books -- Masques of modernity -- Youth -- Utopias -- In the cage, trying to get out -- Camping -- On the eve -- Existential crisis -- Epilogue: Fates known and unknown. 000684839 520__ $$aBernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities and individuals. By 1939, the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack.$$cPublisher's description. 000684839 650_0 $$aJews$$zEurope$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000684839 650_0 $$aJews$$zEurope$$xSocial conditions$$y20th century. 000684839 650_0 $$aJews$$xPersecutions$$zEurope$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000684839 650_0 $$aAntisemitism$$zEurope$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000684839 650_0 $$aNineteen thirties. 000684839 650_0 $$aNineteen twenties. 000684839 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xCauses. 000684839 85200 $$bgen$$hDS135.E83$$iW36$$i2012 000684839 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:684839$$pGLOBAL_SET 000684839 980__ $$aBIB 000684839 980__ $$aBOOK