After the Rescue: Jewish Identity and Community in Contemporary Denmark

by Andrew Buckser

Book Overview

In October of 1943, the Danish resistance rescued almost all of the Jews in Copenhagen from roundups by the occupying Nazis. In the years since, Jews have become deeply engaged in a Danish culture that presents very few barriers of anti-Semitism or prejudice. This telling ethnographic study explores the questions that such inclusion raises for the Danish Jews, and what their answers can tell us about the meaning of religion, ethnicity, and community...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403962707
• ISBN13: 9781403962706
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"