The German Archive of the Hebrew Habima: Bureaucracy and Identity

The administrative archive of Habima, nowadays Israel’s national theater, resides at the Israeli center for the documentation of the performing arts at Tel Aviv University. The majority of the documents, which date from the 1920s and early 1930s, were written in German, and involve prominent German...

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Authors: Zer-Tsiyon, Sheli 1971- (Author) ; Kühne, Jan 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2013
In: Naharaim
Year: 2013, Volume: 7, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 239-260
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:The administrative archive of Habima, nowadays Israel’s national theater, resides at the Israeli center for the documentation of the performing arts at Tel Aviv University. The majority of the documents, which date from the 1920s and early 1930s, were written in German, and involve prominent German Jewish businessmen and intellectuals. This archival corpus is surprising, because the profile of Habima is generally associated with the Eastern European- Soviet theatrical heritage and with the revival of Hebrew. This article seeks to present the nature of this collection and to reevaluate its contribution to the study of German Jewry as well as to the history of Hebrew theatre.
ISSN:1862-9156
Contains:In: Naharaim
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/naha-2013-0010