From Emancipation to Catastrophe: The Rise and Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry

T.D. Kramer teaches in the Department of Semitic Studies, The University of Sydney, Australia.

This is a rare compendium that chronicles the rise and fall of a national Jewry in a well-integrated volume. Written in a manner suitable for general readers and historians, it deserves the attention of those interested in modern Jewish history, antisemitism and the Holocaust. -- Professor Konrad Kwiet, University of Sydney and The Sydney Jewish Museum The Australian Jewish News T.D. Kramer's thorough research in various archives in Jerusalem, Budapest, London, New York, and Sydney, as well as in the private, not yet researched files of Arthur Stern and Gyorgy Gergely, resulted in a book with important new information and details on the Hungarian Jewish Holocaust. Central European History T.D. Kramer offers a compelling re-assessment of Jewish responses to Hungarian antisemitism. -- Howard Lupovitch, Colby College, Maine Patterns Of Prejudice Kramer's study pays admirable attention to a complex general context and to the internal social and economic composition of Hungarian Jewry in the interwar period. CHOICE This is a rare compendium that chronicles the rise and fall of a national Jewry in a well-integrated volume. Written in a manner suitable for general readers and historians, it deserves the attention of those interested in modern Jewish history, antisemitism and the Holocaust. -- Professor Konrad Kwiet, University of Sydney and The Sydney Jewish Museum The Australian Jewish News T.D. Kramer's thorough research in various archives in Jerusalem, Budapest, London, New York, and Sydney, as well as in the private, not yet researched files of Arthur Stern and Gyorgy Gergely, resulted in a book with important new information and details on the Hungarian Jewish Holocaust. Central European History T.D. Kramer offers a compelling re-assessment of Jewish responses to Hungarian antisemitism. -- Howard Lupovitch, Colby College, Maine Patterns Of Prejudice