Jay Howard Geller's Jews In Post-Holocaust Germany
In the novel “Jews in Post-Holocaust Germany, 1945-1953” By Jay Howard Geller, Geller tells the often-untold story of Jews after the Holocaust. Geller through this novel lays lot a historical outline of Jews after the Holocaust. His historical timeline not only shows the trouble and struggles of surviving victims of holocaust but also shows the climax of the creation of Palestine. Geller takes of advantage of numerous primary resources to support his historical timeline of Jews from 1945 to 1953. Along with being informative this book takes away the veil that was created after the holocaust. Geller takes this veil away and tells it how it is without cover up this vital and yet overlooked time period in German history. The creation of the state of Palestine was a long process and this is main thing expressed in Gellers Novel. Through the historical timeline, he lays out he starts out with the struggle and builds up chronologically to a positive ending. Although Nazi regime was over by 1945 it would have numerous negative repercussions on Germany. Geller in his first couple chapters lays out the struggles that Jewish survivors of the holocaust faced. Although these Jews survived the wrath of
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As if is the overarching thesis of the novel the pass was long and not as simple. Not all Jews would follow this path and there would still be conflict on the Homefront. Gellar goes into this journey highlighting and struggle. Although the Jews did make many strides during this period things were still not solved. At the end of the day these strides only healed the scars that would forever be imbedded in Germanys past. This reconstruction would continue but it is important to also look at the strides it made in such a short period. “After near total extirpation of Germany Jewry by the Nazis, the land of Mendelssohn, Heine, and Einstein had an established diverse Jewish community”
As if is the overarching thesis of the novel the pass was long and not as simple. Not all Jews would follow this path and there would still be conflict on the Homefront. Gellar goes into this journey highlighting and struggle. Although the Jews did make many strides during this period things were still not solved. At the end of the day these strides only healed the scars that would forever be imbedded in Germanys past. This reconstruction would continue but it is important to also look at the strides it made in such a short period. “After near total extirpation of Germany Jewry by the Nazis, the land of Mendelssohn, Heine, and Einstein had an established diverse Jewish community”