Michael Brenner
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Michael Brenner
Michael Brenner, born in Weiden in 1964, is professor of Jewish History and Culture at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and director of the Center for Israel Studies at the American University in Washington, D.C. He is the international president of the Leo Baeck Institute and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. His many books, which have been translated into more than ten languages, include The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in the Weimar Republic and Kleine jüdische Geschichte.
Michael Brenner, born in Weiden in 1964, is professor of Jewish History and Culture at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and director of the Center for Israel Studies at the American University in Washington, D.C. He is the international president of the Leo Baeck Institute and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. His many books, which have been translated into more than ten languages, include The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in the Weimar Republic and Kleine jüdische Geschichte.
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Year of Publication: 2019
Michael BrennerYear of Publication: 2019
The Long Shadow of the Revolution
After the First World War, Munich became the scene of unusual political constellations: in November 1918, Kurt Eisner became the first ever Jewish prime minister of a German state, while in April 1919, Jewish writers like Gustav Landauer, Ernst Toller and Erich Mühsam became involved with the Bavarian Soviet Republic. The Jewish community was rather conservative, and even the Orthodox members...