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Jewish public culture in the late Russian empire by Veidlinger, Jeffrey, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Jewish public culture -- The Jews of this world -- Libraries: from the study hall to the public library -- Reading: from sacred duty to leisure time -- Literary societies: the culture of language and the language of culture -- Cultural performance: the people of the book and the spoken word -- Theater: the professionalization of performance -- Musical and dramatic societies: amateur performers and audiences -- The Jewish historical and ethnographic society: collecting the Jewish past -- Public history: imagining Russian Jews -- Conclusion: this world and the next.…”
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Landmark speeches of National Socialism

Table of Contents: “…The magic force of the spoken word -- Adolf Hitler : reestablishing the National Socialist German Workers Party, 27 February 1925 -- Joseph Goebbels : "the storm is coming," 9 July 1932 -- Joseph Goebbels : propaganda and public enlightenment, 6 September 1934 -- Gertrud Scholtz-Klink : duties and tasks of the woman in the National Socialist state, October 1936 -- Gerhard Wagner : race and population policy, 11 September 1936 -- Joseph Goebbels : "our Hitler," 19 April 1937 -- Julius Streicher : speech after "The night of broken glass," 10 November 1938 -- Adolf Hitler : to the old guard in Munich, 8 November 1941-- Joseph Goebbels : "total war," 18 February 1943 -- Model speeches for Nazi leaders, 1944-1945 -- Adolf Hitler : Adolf Hitler's last speech, 30 January 1945.…”
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