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Jewishness on Display: Gender and Jewish Visibility in Weimar Germany

Alumni Lounge (SC156) Ramapo College, Mahwah

Dr. Wallach will argue that there was, in fact, a pronounced desire for visibility among Jews in Weimar Germany and that gender played a central role in decisions about displaying Jewishness. Instead of “passing” as non-Jews or overtly displaying Jewishness at all times, many Jews inhabited a state of ambiguity in public, but adopted signifiers […]