In this episode, historian Tim Buchen speaks with Adam Heimrath about the rise of Jewish residents of pre-war Breslau to leading positions in politics, science, business, and healthcare from emancipation edict of 1812 in Prussia until1933.
Buchen discusses decisions regarding formal education, career strategies, the formation of networks through membership in clubs, parties and associations, that Jews had to make to advance. He takes a socio-historical approach to investigate a larger group of academics together with a cultural-historical perspective on selected individual careers over several generations to get a fuller picture of the process.
The podcast discusses how Jewish citizens – men and women - were able to navigate both emancipation laws as well as the Prussian education and entitlement system to rise to elite positions; how Jewish norms and traditions of education and welfare could be applied and how they were transformed; and what effects the new economic and political contexts of the Weimar Republic had on strategies for social advancement that allowed Jewish men and women to get to the top and stay there.
"Jews and other Poles" - because we at the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław are convinced that the history and culture of Jews are an integral part of the history and culture of Poland. Our podcast is for anyone looking for new takes on the multi-national and multi-religious history of Poland. Our host for the Polish language episodes is Tomek Duda, who teaches Hebrew at the Taube Department. He talks with faculty and friends of Jewish Studies in Wrocław about Jewish history and culture and what it tells us about multiculturalism, inclusiveness, and tolerance, which we all feel strongly about and which relate to every minority culture everywhere. Our English language episodes are hosted by Barbara Pendzich, who lectures at the Taube Department and helps out in the Admin Office.Lean in, listen, and learn!
Jakub Wilk – our producer and lecturer at the Department of Journalism at the University of Wrocłąw. For more information about him go to https://dziennikarstwo.uni.wroc.pl/en/instytut/wykadowcy/pracownicy/jakub-wilk/
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