{"product_id":"burgenland-village-secrets-and-the-first-tremors-of-the-holocaust-paperback","title":"Burgenland: Village Secrets and the First Tremors of the Holocaust - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What an extraordinary achievement. A story told with passion and adamantine dedication. David Joseph takes the reader with great tenderness on an absolutely heart-breaking journey of discovery.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDMUND DE WAAL CBE, author\u003ci\u003e, The Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew paperback edition - A dazzling multi-generational examination exploring Jewishness in Europe, the Holocaust and the dark specters of anti-Semitism and populism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, he was given a rapturous reception. Millions lined the streets and filled the squares of Vienna. Tobias Portschy, a self-appointed regional Nazi chief, considered what to give the Fuhrer for his birthday, and devised a particular gift from the Austrian people: the elimination of Jewish life in the Burgenland, picturesque farming country about 70 km south-east of Vienna. Eichmann took note of the brutal methodology. The Holocaust had begun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurgenland\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing survey of Jewish history in Central Europe, an account of the opening salvo of what turned into the systematic industrial-scale genocide of European Jewry, a stern examination of British policy and the world's wholly inadequate response. It is also a deeply personal memoir and family history. Impeccably researched and hugely ambitious in scope, it narrates the full arc of the Jewish experience in Central Europe over 300 years, following the lives of one family who played a significant part in events described, from the struggle for civil liberties to the resistance to fascism and the rise of Zionism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Joseph has dissected an uncomfortable history, and the results demand a substantial reassessment of the orthodox narrative around the Holocaust both in Britain and in Austria.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e studied law at the University of Cambridge. He is a practicing KC (King's Counsel) and sits on the board of a leading organization tackling anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom. The research for\u003ci\u003e Burgenland\u003c\/i\u003e took him across the world, uncovering a substantial quantity of primary source material including letters, diaries and archived documents not previously examined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42388296728711,"sku":"9781398122567","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/78c80a7b7e90e03b4953a027c3b57720.webp?v=1740902807","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/burgenland-village-secrets-and-the-first-tremors-of-the-holocaust-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}