Selma Stern (1890-1981) - Das Eigene in der Geschichte

Selma Stern (1890-1981) was among the first women academics in Germany and the first woman who entered the »Wissenschaft des Judentums«. She dedicated her work to the history of Jewish emancipation and acculturation in Germany and Europe and wrote standard classics such as Jud Süß (1929), The Court Jew (1950) and »Der preussische Staat und die Juden« (1925-1975).
This study is focused on the interrelationship of her life and work. It centres on the question of how the historian integrated her biographical experience - which included Nazi Germany and the Holocaust - into her understanding of history.