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During the 1920s, Chemnitz was a thriving city
full of art and culture. With the help of its prosperous industry and commerce,
it grew to compete with Dresden and Leipzig as one of the main urban centres
in the Saxonian State. The book paints a picture of the lives of the Jews
from Chemnitz; how they developed from being a wealthy yet multi-class society,
their almost complete eradication during the Nazi regime right up to the
new-beginning after the reunification of Germany. The fates of individual
families and people are told with the help of photographs and original documents
as well as reports from witnesses of that time. The records from Chemnitz
Jewish Cemetery provide a further focus for the book. This part includes
photographs and captions from 1240 graves found in the cemetery and translations
of the gravestone inscriptions from Hebrew into German. It is a unique document,
carefully researched and documented by historians. The names of those buried
in the cemetery and those mentioned in personal interviews have also been
extensively listed. more...
Sponsored by the Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung in the Free State of Saxony,
the Sparkasse Chemnitz and the Hermann Reemtsma Foundation, Hamburg. |
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Edited by Jürgen Nitsche and Ruth Röcher
and commissioned by the Chemnitz Jewish Community in co-operation with
the Salomon-Ludwig-Steinheim Institute, Duisburg and the Stadtarchiv Chemnitz
(city archives).
Publisher:
Michel Sandstein Verlag
Goetheallee 6
D – 01309 Dresden
GERMANY
500 pages, 350 pictures,
Format: 24,0 x 31,5 cm,
Hardback book in a protective envelope,
german language
30,00 EUR
ISBN 3-930382-66-0
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