Central European Zionism and Jewish-Arab understanding before the founding of the State of Israel

Anja Siegemund's book sheds light on Central European Zionism and the question of Jewish-Arab understanding before the founding of the state of Israel. The focus is on different ideas, political positions and networks between the fin de siècle and 1948, and the author shows how complex the debates about understanding, conflict and coexistence were. The book thus opens up a differentiated view of a central chapter in Zionist history.

About the author
Dr. Anja Siegemund is a historian and has been Director of the New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum Foundation since 2015. Her research interests include German and Central European Zionism and German-Jewish history.

The book presentation will take place as part of Prof. Becke's proseminar Introduction to the Intellectual History of Zionism, but is open to all interested parties without prior registration.