Germans, Jews, and Antisemites: Trials in Emancipation - Taschenbuch

History of the Jews in modern Germany is usually told as the tale of outstanding individuals, completely immersed in German society and disproportionately contributing to its culture. This book focuses on the story of 'ordinary' German Jews, concerned not merely with being like other Germans, i.e. 'assimilated', but simply with upward social climbing and achievements. They did not seek to abandon Judaism in entering German society but to reformulate and reinvent it to fit their new standing. Despite continuous antisemitism, Germany seemed to have accepted them on these terms.