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The Problem of Identity and the Sense of Loyalty of Jews Coming from the Prussian Partition on the Example of Alfred Cohn (1901–1961) (English)

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  • Www.zapiskihistor yczne.pl some towns in the Province of Posen and West Prussia the Jewish population blended into German community, e. g. in Chełmża (Kulmsee), in the census of 1910, out of 239 people of the Jewish faith 238 claimed German as their mother tongue

  • In the Province of Posen and West Prussia, the Jews preserved their national identity for a longer period of time, despite a relatively fast process of acculturation in the field of language and education60

  • The imwww.zapiskihistor yczne.pl pulse to conduct the research on this issue became the publishing of the memories of Alfred Cohn, a typical German Jew, whose life and dramatic decisions show the complexity of the problem of identity and the sense of loyalty of the Jewish population of the territory of the Prussian partition

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Www.zapiskihistor yczne.pl some towns in the Province of Posen and West Prussia the Jewish population blended into German community, e. The importance that this social group attached to the education of their children is evidenced by the fact that the percentage of Jewish high school graduates in some high schools was several times higher than the percentage of Jews in the community of West Prussia23.

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