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East Keeping. Study Paper 1). many American organizations which Attempts clarification of some previously were founded to assist the immigrants. neglected facts, analyses and observa'­ Wigoder, Geoffrey. The Story of the tions. considered essential for the realis­ Synagogues. London: Weidenfeld & 1\i­ tic discussion of the Middle East. It looks colson. 1986. 208pp. Gloss. Ind. IlIus. closely .at long-standing and deeply­ £20.00. rooted mter-Arab conflicts, which, if Copiously illustrated history of the Syna­ moderated, could encourage a concerted gogue from the third to the twentieth search for Israeli! Arab peace. century, synonymous with the Diaspora and settlement. It documents the Svna­ and Social StudIes gogue's pivotal importance as the ce'ntre of Jewish community life. and describes Halpern, Ben. A Clash of Heroes: the varied styles of architecture, furnish­ Brandels, Weizmann and Amerlcan ing and expressively creative arc. Zlonism. New York/Oxford: . 1987. x + 301pp. Notes. , and Ind. (Studies in Jewish History). £27.50. the Second World ISBN: 0-19-504062-7. Synthesizing biography and history, Pro· Broszat, Martin. Hitler and the Collapse fessor Halpern examines the conflict be· of Germany. Trans. from the tween these two dominant personalities German by . R. Berghahn. Leaming­ which led to sharp divisions in American ton Spa: Berg, 1987. x + 157pp. Bib!. . Each leader exemplified the Ind. £13.00; £5.95. characteristic values of his followers and Pinpointed throughout is the growth of each deprecated the personal styles and Nazism within the larger context of Ger­ standards of the . many's socio-economic and political development. Emphasis is placed on the Michman, YoseE, Beem, Hartog and ideological and socio-psychological af­ Michman, Dan. Pinkas Hakehilot: finities of the conservative elites and the Entsiklopedia shel Haveshuvim Hitler movement in their joint endeavour Havehudiim Leman Hivased Ve'ad to destroy the . Le'ahar Shoat Milhemet Ha'olam Hasheniya. Holand.(Encyciopedia of Irving, David. Goring. 2nd ed. Trans. Jewish Communities. The ). from the German by Richard Giese. Je.rusalem: , 1985. 434pp. : A. Knaus. 1987. 837pp. Ap­ Bib!. Ind . .vlaps. lIlus. (t.p.& contents in pend. BibL Kotes. Il\us. DM 49.80. English). $28.00. ISBN: 956-308-000-8. ISBN: g-8135-0557-X. Another volume in this series which By the 'revisionist' historian, who main­ already includes , , tains that the non-introduction of racial Rumania and Germany. It contains 133 laws in Danzig in 1937 was due to GOr­ entries recording events from the Middle ing. Although . the author states, Ages to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, were considered his enemies, for econo­ and from the period between the First mic reasons Goring protected individual and Second and the scientists and actors married to Jews, and up to the 1970s. was not averse to securing art treasures through Jewish art dealers. Strauss. A. (ed.). jewish Im­ migrants of the Nazi Period in the U.S.A. Vol. 5: The Individual and Col­ lective Experience of German:fewish Im-. Mintz, Frank P. The Liberty Lobby and mIgrants 1933-1984 An Oral History the American Right: Race, Conspiracy, Record. Compiled by Hans ZeU and and Culture. vVestport, CT. and Lon­ Dennis Rohrbough. /London: don: Greenwood. Press, 1985. 251pp. K. G. Sauro 1986. 308pp. Ind. £37.00. Bib!. Notes. Ind. £28.95. Concentrates initially on how the chal­ A detailed study of .the Liberty Lobby, lenges encountered in their new culture founded in 1957, against the and environment were either met, or background of far-right politics in missed, by the immigrants. But the pri­ America since World War One. Pro­ mary thrust of this volume is to combine ceeding chronologically, Mintz summa­ the individual data with the history of rizes the writings and major themes of 76 Books Received right wing propagandists, particularly into Dr. Mengeie's whereabouts and the their stress on , conspiracism and role of the US Army, if he was in custody nativist . He pays special of the US , Feb. 19. Mar. attention to , and lays bare 19, and Aug. 2. Washington, DC: the Liberty Lobby's ties to Holocaust USGPO, 1986. 208pp. Append. (Serial 'revisionists'. However, Mintz does not No. ]-99-4). distinguish sufficiently between different Publishes the opening statements of five types of conservatives, and uses guilt by senators and lists, chronologically and association to tar the National Review alphabetically, the names of witnesses and even. on one occasion, Nathan called, together with the testimonies or Glazer. He has not, unfortunately, bene­ statements they submitted. The full text fited at all from the insights of Alan of the B'nai B'rith's Campaign against Brinkley (Voices of . 1982) and the Department's Presentation of Leo P. Ribuffo (The Old Christian Suspected Nazi War Criminals is ap­ Right, 1983). Still, there is primary data pended. here that specialists in the field will ap­ Wimmer, Ruth and Wimmer, Walter. preciate. ~ Professor Jonathan D. Sarna, Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute Kampf dem Faschismus! Ernst of . Cincinnati. Thalmann 1929-1933 (The Struggle Against Fascism: Ernst Thalmann 1929- Harris, Robert. Selling Hitler: The 1933). : Urania Verlag, 1986. Story of the . London: 355pp. Appends. Illus. DM 12.80. Faber & Faber, 1986. 402pp. Ind. Illus. A detailed and richly documented ac­ £10.95. count of the early intense struggle In exposing the Hitler diaries fraud the against the rise of Nazism waged by the author shows the enthusiastic readiness German under the of distinguished professionals to promote leadership of Ernst Thalmann. The lat­ a re-awakening of Nazi interest and the ter was arrested by the Nazis in 1933 and continuing fascination with Nazi memo­ imprisoned for the rest of his life ~ he was rabilia and the person of . shot in Buchenwald in 1944. Jones, Nigel H. Hitler's Heralds: The Race, Minorities and Story of the 1918-1923. Lon­ don: J. Murray, 1987. xii + 284pp. Ap­ Bell, Derrick. And We are not Saved: pends. Bib!. Ind. Map. IIlus. £12.95. The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice. ISBN: 0-7195-4390-8 New York: Basic Books. 1987. xii + A thorough investigation of this volun­ 288pp. Notes. Ind. $19.95. tary organization which ap­ In dialogues between himself and his fic­ pointed themselves saviours of Germany titious visionary alter ego Professor Bell in the aftermath of the 'Great War'. refutes the that positive Historically significant, its ruthless anti­ has been made in race relations. He ex­ semitism and was absorbed, emplifies the persistence of racism. iden­ almost unmodified, into Nazism before tifies the entrenched obstacles. and ex­ Hitler became powerful enough to des­ plains that equal justice lor troy the entire movement. necessitates restructuring . Mosse, George L. Masses and Man: Shaw. John W., Nordlie, Peter G. and Nationalist and Perceptions of Shapiro, Richard M. (eds.). Strategl'es . Detroit. MI: Wayne for lmpro'mng Race Relations: The University Press, 1987. 362pp. Notes. Anglo-American Experience. Manches­ Ind. $13.95. ter: Manchester University Press, 1987. A reprint of the 1980 edition of these xiv 226pp. Notes. Ind. essays, written over several years, analys­ Practical guidebook describing and as­ ing the circumstances which gave rise to sessing the stategies and methods evolved in . in dealing with prejudice and racism. Emphasis has shifted from attempting to Congress. Senate Com­ change individual attitudes to that of mittee on the Judl·ciary. Searching fOT changing racial relations within speci~c Dr. . Hearings before the organizations. Significant differences III Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the American and British experiences are ac­ Committee on the Judiciary to inquire counted for.