Евреи и немцы в контексте истории и культуры

A new book by Greta Ionkis tells about the complex centuries-old relationship between the two peoples - Jews and Germans. The book raises the time layer from the Reformation to the present day and highlights the most significant pages in the life of Jews in Germany. The author personifies this theme, inexhaustible in depth: in a captivating and emotional way, he tells about historical figures and people of art known to the general reader, as well as about ascetics who are known to a few. Here, the views of Martin Luther, Lessing, Goethe, Nietzsche and other prominent Germans, including those on the "Jewish question", are examined from a new angle. In the essay "From Lorelei to Auschwitz" the author traces the evolution of the worldview that led to the Holocaust not only of the Jews, but also of the Germans. Greta Ionkis strikingly strikes a balance between research objectivity and a clearly defined author's position. The reader will find in this book a new factual material and an extraordinary approach to many well-known facts.