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The Warburgs: the twentieth-century odyssey of a remarkable Jewish family

By Chernow , Ron;Warburg family

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
ISBN
9780307813503, 9780525431831, 0525431837
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10678933 bytes)
Edition
Second Vintage books edition
Pages
xvii, 820 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : i
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Jewish bankers;Jews;Jews--Germany;Jews--United Sta

Description

"Bankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, of German-American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties, built mansions and estates, assembled libraries, endowed charities, and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti-Semitism, and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy. Ron Chernow's hugely fascinating history is a group portrait of a clan whose members were renowned for their brilliance, culture, and personal energy yet tragically vulnerable to the dark and irrational currents of the twentieth century." --

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