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The course deals with history, politics and culture of the Jews in Central Europe. It focuses in comparative perspective on the development of different Jewish communities in the area of today's Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary from the Middle Ages until present times. It will discuss relevant issues such as segregation, Jewish emancipation, Zionism, nationalism, socialism, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and other.
Course outline: 1) Jews and Central Europe in Older History 2) Modernity and Political Changes 3) The Holocuast and World War II 4) Post-war Period and the Jewish Presence in Central Europe Poslední úprava: Kocián Jiří, PhDr., Ph.D. (12.03.2018)
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Compulsory reading: BANKIER, David. "Introduction". In The Jews are Coming Back. The Return of the Jews to Their Countries of Origin after WWII. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2005. GITELMAN, Zvi. "Reconstructing Jewish Communities and Jewish Identities in Post-Communist East Central Europe". In Jewish Studies at the Central European University, ed. Andras Kovacs. General reading: WASSERSTEIN, Bernard: Vanishing Diaspora: The Jews in Europe since 1945. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. Poslední úprava: Kocián Jiří, PhDr., Ph.D. (12.03.2018)
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