Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

＂This book reveals the foundational role philosemitism played in the effort to reimagine urban cultures after the Holocaust. This book uncovers a seldom discussed aspect of the postwar era-a society that continues to consume, redefine, and bestow symbolic meaning on the victims in their relative absence＂--

Frances Tanzer is Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish Culture at Clark University. She is the author of articles in Contemporary European History and The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book. This is her first book.