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Article: Jewish-German Identity in the Orientalist Literature of Else Lasker-Schuller, Friedrich Wolf, and Franz Werfel.
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- Journal of European Studies
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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By Donna K. Heizer. Columbia: Camden House, 1996. Pp. viii + 116. [pounds]36.00.
Visitors to Dresden cannot fail to be struck by the famous Tabak Moschee (Tobacco Mosque), which dominates the approach to the city. Built in 1909 by a Jewish industrialist, Hugo Zitz, to house a cigarette factory, the building reflects the popularity of oriental aesthetics among German Jews in the early twentieth century. In this thought-provoking study Donna Heizer explores this phenomenon by analysing the attempt of three intellectuals to come to terms with their dual identities as Germans and Jews by writing orientalist literature.
This comparative approach proves highly ...