German City, Jewish Memory: The Story of Worms

Contents

List of Illustrations ¦ vii Acknowledgments ¦ ix Introduction ¦ 1 i From Medieval Origins to the Enlightenment ¦ Observing the Past 1 Sacred Realms ¦ 11 2 Between Rituals andTexts ¦ 32 3 Christian Interlocutors and Jewish Memory ¦ 50 ii Moving Local Jewish Heritage into Modernity and Its Destruction 4 Restoring the Lost Memory ¦ 71 5 JewishTraveling Cultures of Remembrance ¦ 91 6 Worms: A Jewish Heimat on BorrowedTime ¦ 118 iii After the Holocaust ¦ Disturbing Remains 7 Place and Displacement of Memory ¦ 145 8 Worms Out of the Ashes ¦ 163 9 The Presence of Absence ¦ 183 Conclusion ¦ 207 Notes ¦ 213 Bibliography ¦ 275 Index ¦ 307 Contents ...