| Broken Threads: The Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry in Germany and Austria Contributor(s): Kremer, Roberta S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845206606 ISBN-13: 9781845206604 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2007 Annotation: By now, it would seem that every facet of the Nazi attack on Jewish culture had been told. But the destruction of the Jewish fashion industry in Germany and Austria adds an astounding new chapter to the story. Here, Roberta S. Kremer traces the wanton destruction of a thriving fashion industry whose impact on German high fashion was regarded by the Reich as being too heavily influenced by Jewish designers, manufacturers, and merchandisers. The emergence of ready-to-wear and the development of the modern department store with its innovative merchandising and lavish interior design attracted the attention of the Nazis, who proceeded with a campaign of boycotts, humiliation, and Aryanization. "Broken Threads" includes photographs and fashion plates that tragically illustrate the social and cultural losses suffered during this period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Fashion & Accessories - Art | History - General - History | Holocaust |
| Dewey: 746.920 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 7.26" W x 10.62" (1.27 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Broken Threads tells the story of the destruction of the Jewish fashion industry under the Nazis.Jewish designers were very prominent in the fashion industry of 1930s Germany and Austria. The emergence of Konfektion, or ready-to-wear, and the development of the modern department store, with its innovative merchandising and lavish interior design, only emphasized this prominence. The Nazis came to see German high fashion as too heavily influenced by Jewish designers, manufacturers and merchandisers. These groups were targeted with a campaign of propaganda, boycotts, humiliation and Aryanization.Broken Threads chronicles this moment of cultural loss, detailing the rise of Jewish design and its destruction at the hands of the Nazis. Superbly illustrated with photographs and fashion plates from the collection of Claus Jahnke, Broken Threads explores this little-known part of fashion and of Nazi history. |