Brenner, Michael

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BRENNER, Michael

BRENNER, Michael. German, b. 1964. Genres: History. Career: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, visiting assistant professor of Jewish history, 1993-94; Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, assistant professor of modern Jewish history, 1994-97; Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry, assistant director, 1995-97; University of Munich, Munich, Germany, professor of Jewish history and culture, 1997-. Publications: Am Beispiel Weiden: Jüdischer Alltag im Nationalsozialismus, 1983; Nach dem Holocaust: Juden in Deutschland, 1945-1950, 1995, trans. as After the Holocaust: Rebuilding Jewish Lives in Postwar Germany, 1997; The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany, 1996; (with others) German-Jewish History in Modern Times, Vol. 2: 1780-1871, 1996; Zionism: A Brief History, trans. S. Frisch, 2002. EDITOR: (with D. Penslar) Circles of Community: Collective Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1932, 1998; (with D. Penslar) In Search of Jewish Community: Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933, 1998; (with R. Liedtke and D. Rechter) Two Nations: British and German Jews in Comparative Perspective, 1999; (with Y. Weiss) Zionistische Utopie, israelische Realität: Religion und Nation in Israel, 1999; (with S. Rohrbacher) Wissenschaft vom Judentum: Annäherungen nach dem Holocaust, 2000. Address: Abteilung fur Jedische Geschichte und Kultur, Historisches Seminar, Universitat Munchen, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany.