Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography - Paperback

Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography - Paperback

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Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography - Paperback

Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography - Paperback

$48.53

by Abraham Rubin (Author)

Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography is a collective biography of four German-Jewish converts to Christianity, recounting their spiritual and confessional journeys against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its aftermath. Focusing on personal testimonies that fuse historical trauma and spiritual illumination into one narrative, the book explores how Jewish emigrants interpreted their experiences of persecution and displacement through the hermeneutics of Christian conversion. It draws on autobiographies, novels, religious writings, and newspaper articles as well as unpublished archival materials such as diaries, lecture notes, and private correspondence.


The book explores how chosen genres of writing both enabled and hindered self-understanding. It also assesses whether the literary paradigm of Christian conversion, highlighting an individual's separation from a past sinful self, is suitable for expressing a collective catastrophe. Applying psychoanalysis, disability studies, and autobiographical theory to the life writing of converted Jews, the book offers new avenues for conceptualizing the Jewishness of historical subjects who disavowed their ties to Judaism.


Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Author Biography

Abraham Rubin is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Dayton.

Number of Pages: 214
Dimensions: 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: December 24, 2024

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