CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Confronting the Present: The Offenbach Archival Depot

2. Envisioning a Future: American-Jewish Politics of Restitution

3. Reconstructing Jewish Culture: The New Map of Jewish Life after 1945

4. Building the New State: Israel and the European Jewish Cultural Heritage

5. Taking Action in Dark Times: The Commitment of Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, and Gershom Scholem

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

About the Translator

Plates