The Power of Myth, or on the Meanders of Historical Writing: A History of Historiography on Jews in Poznania in the Period of Partitioned Poland 9783832557041, 3832557040
This monograph presents a critical analysis of the body of historical writing on the history of the Jewish population in
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Table of contents :
Introduction ... 9
Chapter I: Long Beginnings: Before the End of 1918...31
Chapter II: The Heyday: From 1919 to 1938/39... 133
Chapter III: The War Years: 1939-1945 ... 209
Chapter IV: The Collapse: From 1945 to 1983 . . 223
Chapter V: The Renaissance: The Years 1984-1999 . . 285
Excursus/: On Biographical Writing Once More . . . 369
Chapter VI: Main Tendencies in the Historiography on Poznanian Jews in
the Period of Partitions . . . 381
1. The Quantitative Aspect: The Scale of Interest in the 19th-Century
History of Poznanian Jews.... 381
2. Authors' Pool... 395
3. Historiography of Poznanian Jews under Prussian Rule: The Qualitative Aspect. . . 398
4. Authors' Outlooks: The Ideological Aspect... 413
5. In the Realm of Myths and Stereotypes . . . 442
Chapter VII: Years Later: What Has Changed?..... 459
Excursus JI: Concerning the History of Poznanian Jews in the
Period of Partitioned Poland: A Quite Different Perspective . . . . . . 483
Afterword . . . SOS
List of Illustrations ... 511
Bibliography . . 513
Index of Personal Names . . . 559
Concordance of Polish and German Placenames . . . 575
Introduction ... 9
Chapter I: Long Beginnings: Before the End of 1918...31
Chapter II: The Heyday: From 1919 to 1938/39... 133
Chapter III: The War Years: 1939-1945 ... 209
Chapter IV: The Collapse: From 1945 to 1983 . . 223
Chapter V: The Renaissance: The Years 1984-1999 . . 285
Excursus/: On Biographical Writing Once More . . . 369
Chapter VI: Main Tendencies in the Historiography on Poznanian Jews in
the Period of Partitions . . . 381
1. The Quantitative Aspect: The Scale of Interest in the 19th-Century
History of Poznanian Jews.... 381
2. Authors' Pool... 395
3. Historiography of Poznanian Jews under Prussian Rule: The Qualitative Aspect. . . 398
4. Authors' Outlooks: The Ideological Aspect... 413
5. In the Realm of Myths and Stereotypes . . . 442
Chapter VII: Years Later: What Has Changed?..... 459
Excursus JI: Concerning the History of Poznanian Jews in the
Period of Partitioned Poland: A Quite Different Perspective . . . . . . 483
Afterword . . . SOS
List of Illustrations ... 511
Bibliography . . 513
Index of Personal Names . . . 559
Concordance of Polish and German Placenames . . . 575
