Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Story of a Minority; Jewish Patriotism; The Judenzählung of 1916; Jewish Participation in the German War Effort; Chapter 2: Religion at the Front; Chapter 3: Encountering Eastern European Jewry; Discomforting Encounters; Neutral Encounters; Comforting Encounters; Chapter 4: Antisemitism and Integration; Experiencing Antisemitism; Promotion of Jewish Soldiers as Officers; Jewish Reserve Officers Before the War; Evidence for Integration in the Bavarian Army During the War; Integration Without Antisemitism
Summary
In "Jewish Integration in the German Army in the First World War" David J. Fine offers a surprising portrayal of Jewish officers in the German army as integrated and comfortably identified as both Jews and Germans. Looking at how Judaism and Christianity were practiced in the army and how Jewish soldiers reacted to encountering other Jews in the conquered lands of the eastern front, Fine argues that Jews were strongly identified as both Germans and Jews. Finally, utilizing many published and unpublished sources, the author argues that antisemitism was not a primary factor in the war experience
