Erzahlen im Augenblick hochster Gefahr: Zu Benjamins Begriff der Geschichte in Edgar Hilsenraths 'Jossel Wassermanns Heimkehr.'

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Edgar Hilsenrath's book 'Jossel Wassermans Heimkehr' celebrates the memory and history of Eastern European Jews despite efforts to the contrary. Seen in the context of Benjamin's concept of history and story telling, deported Jews take along their sense of achievement and identity even after they are stripped of everything else. The phantastic elements in the story have prompted others to accuse Hilsenrath of trivializing the holocaust and its victims.

Criticism and interpretation, 20th century AD, Jossel Wassermanns Heimkehr (Book), Hilsenrath, Edgar

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A pluralist journal for a pluralist discipline

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German studies is broadening to include a wide range of perspectives and methodologies. These include feminism, minority and multicultural viewpoint, gender and queer theory, interdisciplinary work and other emerging categories. Authors and theorists use canon as a base for founding or building other critical analyses, not as a limitation for discourse.

Standards, Study and teaching, The German Quarterly (Periodical)

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Discovering and making memory: Jewish cultural expression in contemporary Europe

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The fate of the Jews is discussed as the chance result of a 2000-year history that persisted in being unfavorable to them. The memory of the Holocaust continues, nevertheless, to have a profound effect on the way Jews view the non-Jewish majority. The Jews who have chosen to remain in German-speaking countries are also discussed.

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