{"product_id":"between-home-and-homeland-youth-aliyah-from-nazi-germany-9780817359393","title":"Between Home and Homeland: Youth Aliyah from Nazi Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brian Amkraut\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - Holocaust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween Home and Homeland\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating account of young German Jews who immigrated to Palestine during the 1930s in the Youth Aliya movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Hitler consolidated power, Jews and their allies in Germany began efforts to leave the country. Among them was the organization, Youth Aliyah. Based on abundant archival sources and a thorough use of secondary literature, Brian Amkraut details the story of the organization from its origins through its alliances and antagonisms with other Jewish organizations, and the challenges that vexed its efforts from every side, perhaps the greatest being sheer human naiveté (\"surely things will get better\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amkraut also discusses the identity dilemma for Jews who grew up feeling German, and then had to alter their self-image in the face of growing discrimination. He highlights the internal disagreements of Jewish agencies who wrestled with myriad problems. The author explores how German Jews were ideologically heterogeneous, and details how different groups coped with increasing antagonism in a variety of ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To this day, Youth Aliyah is considered by Israelis as a major contributor to the foundation of a Jewish presence leading to the modern state of Israel. \u003ci\u003eBetween Home and Homeland \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential account of an important episode in the history of the Holocaust and the founding of the Isreali state.","brand":"University Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889456595095,"sku":"9780817359393","price":2781.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780817359393.webp?v=1781176525","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/between-home-and-homeland-youth-aliyah-from-nazi-germany-9780817359393","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}