Jews in Germany
From Roman Times to the Weimar Republic
By 974 black & white illustrations.
Through pictures and commentary Gidal gives an account of Jewish culture and of the German Jews. He shows us a forgotten German-Jewish past: the beginning of Jewish life in Germany, and the flowering of Jewish culture which took place in the Middle Ages despite all the persecutions; the lives of rich Jews and poor Jews; the ever-resurgent hopes of the coming of the Messiah; the festivals and feast-days; the struggle for equal civil rights; the contribution made by Jews to German culture.
This pictorial documentation is the life's work of Nachum Tim Gidal, one of the great pioneers of modern photojournalism. In his quest for the history of his people, he combines the objective realism of the photographic reporter with personal commitment. For this is also his own history.