ePub Islam and the European Empires (The Past and Present Book Series) by From Oxford University Press in History

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In the twentieth century; the world saw both the greatest triumph of Jewish history--the birth of the nation of Israel; and its greatest tragedy--the state-sponsored genocide of the Holocaust. A People Apart is the first study to examine the role played by the Jews themselves; across the whole of Europe; during the century and a half leading up to these momentous events. David Vital explores the Jews' troubled relationship with Europe; documenting the struggles of this 'nation without a territory' to establish a place for itself within an increasingly polarized and nationalist continent. This powerful new analysis represents a watershed in our understanding of the history of the Jews in Europe; and as a result; in the whole history of the continent.