The Jewish Emergence from Powerlessness

Download or read book The Jewish Emergence from Powerlessness written by Yehuda Bauer and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1979-12-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of this book is the gradual emergence of the Jewish people from total political powerlessness – a development stretching over nearly 100 years and culminating in the consolidation in the State of Israel. Ironically, Professor Bauer demonstrates, events during this period stemmed in part from a belief in the power of the international Jewish community that never existed - but that motivated both the Germans and, after the war, the British. This is a brief but absorbing study by one of the world's great experts on the Holocaust, who has drawn on a huge body of material to depict one of the unforgettable events in recent history from an arresting and unfamiliar point of view.