(Jewish Group) 'Cartel of silence': The Jewish roots of Berlin fashion
Author Uwe Westphal presented his book on the Jewish roots of Berlin fashion at Yad Vashem on Thursday afternoon. He came into The Jerusalem Post offices afterwards to discuss his work.
“I was in Yad Vashem before that a few years ago, but this time I got invited,” Westphal told the Post. “I got to present my book.”
“The book is, in the first instance, a history book,” Westphal said about his book, FASHION – METROPOLIS – BERLIN 1836-1839: The Story of the Rise and Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry. “It’s the first and ultimate history of the German-Berlin-Jewish fashion industry.”
The book delves into and analyzes the rise and fall of Jewish fashion industries in Berlin – the rise after Jews were permitted to work freely in Germany in the mid-19th century and the fall as the Nazi party rose to power, driving Jews out of their industries and either out of the country or into concentration and labor camps.
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