The 25 essays in this volume revolve around the self-perception of Dutch Jews and the way they were viewed by others from the beginning of the Jewish presence in the Netherlands through the Shoah and its aftermath.
Author(s): Chaya Brasz, Yosef Kaplan
Series: Brill's Series in Jewish Studies 24
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 480
City: Leiden
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Opening Address
SECTION ONE THE PORTUGUESE JEWS: IMAGE AND SELF-IMAGE
The Amsterdam Portuguese Rabbinate in the Seventeenth Century: A Unique Institution Viewed from Within and Without
Gente Política: The Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam vis-à-vis Dutch Society
A Study in Intercommunal Relations in the Sephardi Diaspora: London and Amsterdam in the Eighteenth Century
The Portuguese Jewish Nation of Amsterdam as Reflected in the Memoirs of Abraham Haim Lopes Arias, 1752
Isaac de Pinto’s Testaments: A Case of Multiple Images?
SECTION TWO CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES
The Fate of the Jewish Nation: Visions of the Jews in the Netherlands in the Nineteenth Century
Strangers in a Strange Country: Catholic Views of Jews in the Netherlands, 1918–1945
Dutch Jews as Perceived by Dutch Protestants, 1860–1960
SECTION THREE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS
To See Ourselves as Others See Us: Dutch Jews and Jewish Dutchmen in Poetry and Prose
Jews on Stage and Stage Jews, 1890–1940
Amsterdam Jews and Amsterdam Prostitution, 1650–1750
Image and Self-Image of the Jewish Workers in the Labour Movements in Amsterdam, 1880–1914
SECTION FOUR SPECIES HOLLANDIA JUDAICA?
Ideological Historiography
Dutch Jews as Zionists and Israeli Citizens
Through the Israeli Looking Glass: Dutch Jews in the Eyes of Israelis Living in Holland
Dutch Jewish Ex Libris Found among Looted Books in the Offenbach Archival Depot (1946)
SECTION FIVE THE SHOAH: RESISTANCE AND RESCUE
Memories of a Hidden Child: A Personal Reflection
The Dutch Churches, Christians and the Rescue of Jews in the Netherlands
Opportunities for Dutch Jews to Hide from the Nazis, 1942–1945
The Persecution of the Jews, as Reflected in Dutch Underground Newspapers
SECTION SIX THE SHOAH: ULTIMATE ESCAPE AND LEADERSHIP
The Unwholesome Theme of Suicide: Forgotten Statistics of Attempted Suicides in Amsterdam and Jewish Suicides in the Netherlands for 1936–1943
Truth is the Daughter of Time: Prof David Cohen as Seen by Himself and by Others
SECTION SEVEN THE SHOAH: COPING WITH THE PAST
The Place of the Holocaust of Dutch Jewry in a Wider Historical Fabric: Approaches of Non-Dutch Historians
A Disgrace? Postwar Restitution of Looted Jewish Property in the Netherlands
The Postwar Jewish Community and the Memory of the Persecution in the Netherlands
List of Contributors
Index of Names
Geographical Index
