This book-series, initiated in 1992, has an interdisciplinary orientation; it is published in English and German and comprises research monographs, collections of essays and editions of source texts dealing with German-Jewish literary and cultural history, in particular from the period covering the 18th to 20th centuries.

The closer definition of the term German-Jewish applied to literature and culture is an integral part of its historical development. Primarily, the decisive factor is that from the middle of the 18th century German gradually became the language of choice for Jews,...

Der Kabarettist, Librettist und Filmschauspieler Fritz Grunbaum (1880-1942) pragte wie kein anderer Kunstler die Wiener Vergnugungskultur der 1920er und 1930er Jahre, die im Mittelpunkt der hier versammelten Originalbeitrage steht. Beschrieben wird Grunbaums engeres kulturelles Umfeld, kritisch hinterfragt werden seine Selbststilisierung und die von ihm kolportierten Anekdoten. Weitere Beitrage beschaftigen sich mit der Frage nach Unterhaltung und Raum sowie mit den Formen und Genres dieser Kultur Variete und Zirkus, Revue, politische Unterhaltungskultur und Unterhaltungstonfilm. Ein...

English summary: The central focus of the anthology is a critical juxtaposition of the NS theatre of representation, the Theatre of the Cultural Association of German Jews, as well as theatrical activities in ghettos and concentration camps. Special attention is given to source materials, the current state of research, to specific theatre concepts in the three focal areas and to interpretative patterns that have emerged in the field of research and memory studies. The juxtaposition of the research areas allows for new (theatre-related) historical, historiographical, dramaturgical and...