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Book SynopsisOffers a close look at the legacy of a few Jewish families from Sussen-a village in southern Germany
Trade Review"A decade of archival research, the collection of oral testimonies, and various personal encounters in Germany and beyond eventually provide the stage for this study which merges local, public, and personal history. All of this work allows Schmidt to paint a detailed picture of rural Jewish life in Sussen before, during, and after Nazism." -- Martin Kalb, Northern Arizona University -German Studies Review "Offers a close look at the legacy of a few Jewish families from this region, their long family histories, their engagements in commerce, industry and civic life before 1933, their fate under the Nazis, and their scattered stories after the Holocaust. In this sense this book offers a kind of micro-history of Jews in Germany before, during and after the Holocaust. It is a kind of Yiskor or Memory book for the Jewish communities of this region and especially Sussen. With new and little known material, this book brings new insight into the life of rural Jews in Germany, both through original historical scholarship, interviews, and an engagement with sources only available in German." -- -Laura Levitt Temple University "Sussen is Now Free of Jews features an enormous amount of original research and illustrates the inherent importance of talking about Landjudentum (village Jewry) to an English reading audience. Schmidt's ability to combine archival material, memoir literature, interviews and personal recollections is both impressive and moving." -- -Alan T. Levenson University of Oklahoma
