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The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

By Chernow , Ron;Warburg family

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Books
ISBN
9780307813503, 9780525431831, 0525431837
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
11 MB (11655860 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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