“This unique and comprehensive collection of essays, available now in English, considers the Nazi destruction of Jewish life in Berlin between 1938 and 1945. Each facet in that process of destruction is described in meticulous detail, mainly by the victims themselves, and effectively conveyed by the volume’s contributing authors in concise essays. The authors rely on an extraordinarily rich historiography on the general subject of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, as well as on valuable archival sources of the Berlin Jewish community and its institutions, records that survived World War II and the turbulent postwar era in Germany. There is nothing comparable in English that so thoroughly dissects the tragic consequences of the Nazi destruction of a Jewish community that had originally constituted about one-third of the entire Jewish population in pre-Nazi Germany.”--Francis R. Nicosia, University of Vermont

Francis R. Niscosia, University of Vermont

“Beate Meyer, Hermann Simon, and Chana Schütz have envisioned and edited a remarkable book. Jews in Nazi Berlin, 1933–1945 explores Jewish life in that city during that era—while at the same time depicting patterns that held elsewhere. The editors’ deft touch reflects their keen historical imagination and utterly human approach. Focusing on individuals and families, the essays tell a multi-faceted story of both ruin and resourcefulness. Richly illustrated and ably translated, Jews in Nazi Berlin is a treasure: the book about Jewish life at the very heart of the Nazi kingdom to read and to assign to classes.”

Debórah Dwork, author of Flight from the Reich, Refugee Jews: 1933–1946

“The authors succeed in bridging the gap between the broad issues, such as the process of illegal immigration or hiding, and the experience of individuals. The volume is, therefore, extremely useful for both teachers and students.”

Library Journal

“A lavishly illustrated book of essays. . . . [A] fine and comprehensive volume.”--Canadian Jewish News

Canadian Jewish News

"The book’s team of editors, historians, and researchers succeeded with a great number of photographs to restore some features of wartime Berlin and its Jewish community in a frank and direct manner, adding another important volume to our growing Holocaust library."

Jerusalem Post

"An amazing volume of facts and personal accounts. . . . Accompanying these accounts of destruction is a stunning collection of photos and documents."

Publishers Weekly