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Rebuilding the Community: Jewish Life in Germany after the Shoah

The University of Minnesota Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to present its Ninth Annual Community Lecture Series, in cooperation with synagogues and other sponsoring partners across the greater Twin Cities. Join us as writers and thinkers from varied fields address intriguing questions relevant to the Jewish experience today.


Even after the Shoah, Jews chose to settle in Germany. Who were these Jews, now numberingnearly 200,000, and why did they decide to remain in a country that had been hostile to their very existenceonly a few years earlier? How did they deal with antagonism by German neighbors and isolation by Jewishgroups abroad? This talk explores the circumstances that led to a renewed Jewish community in post-HolocaustGermany and the alliances that permitted it to flourish.

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