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The persecution, flight and murder of European Jews in the first half of the twentieth century and the profound social and political transformations that decisively affected European cities in the final decade of the 20th century have radically altered urban 'Jewish landscapes'. New stakeholders and institutions emerged with their own networks, goals and interests, and have constructed, staged and marketed 'Jewish culture' anew. The resultant Jewish spaces are being constituted in an urban space located at the intersection of ethnic representation, collective memory, and drawing on an imagined material culture, which includes architectural, physical and digital spaces (e.g. synagogues, Jewish quarters). This Europe-wide process is closely related to the delicate politics of memory and to discourses on the authenticity of cities. This article analyses how the image of 'Jewishness' plays an increasingly important role in the marketing of historical authenticity that cities and their tourism affiliates are undertaking.

The years 1967 and 1974 seemed especially significant as the anti-Zionistic rage caused by the Israeli-Arab wars stirred up Hungary's internal affairs. The anti-Zionist policy adopted by the Kádár regime after 1956 meant more than 'simple' anti-Israel attitude in Hungary. The article provides some answers on the following questions: What characterized the policy of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party toward the Hungarian Jewish community? Which strategy did the Jewish Community develop in order to survive as a minority in a closed social and political system? How much was the Community able to represent special Jewish interests in the era of consolidation after 1956? Furthermore the article enrichs the picture on the topic with new documents and features with regard to the relationship of the ruling party to a minority.

Dieser Band fragt nach dem Begriff «Transfer» und verweist damit auf die breiteste Bedeutung des Wortes: angefangen von der mittelalterlichen «Peregrinatio» – im konkreten geographischen Sinne – über den Dialog von Kulturen bis hin zur Darstellung verdeckter Erscheinungsformen in der Intertextualität. Der Begriff «Transfer» leitet sich von dem lateinischen Wort «transferre» ab und bedeutet wortwörtlich «hinüberbringen». Der Duden erklärt Transfer mit dem Wort «Übertragung». Diese Definition wird in heuristischer Absicht zum Ausgangspunkt genommen, um den Gebrauch des Begriffes in Bereichen der Geistes-und Sozialwissenschaften zu topographieren

In 1996 the historian Diana Pinto published her often since quoted and discussed article on 'A New Jewish Identity for Post-1989 Europe'. She was one of the first Jewish intellectuals to reflect on the fall of the Iron Curtain and the resulting political changes and their possible consequences for Jewish communities in Europe. In her article, she introduced the term 'Jewish space' that motivates the focus of this issue, as well as the term 'voluntarily Jewish', which describes the construction of identity free of external prescription. Pinto situates Jewish space in the context of the Erinnerungspolitik European democracies engaged in during the 1980s, when Holocaust memorialisation began to assume an institutional form through the establishment of Jewish museums, research institutes and exhibitions.

How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist states after World War II? By exploring national and regional specificities within the broader context of internationalization, this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world's diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation practices.