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The Kahans from Baku : a family saga
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Uniform Title
Kahans aus Baku. English
Title
The Kahans from Baku : a family saga / Verena Dohrn ; [translated by Uri Themal].
ISBN
9781644697559
1644697556
9781644697542
1644697548
9781644697566
9781644697573
Publication
Boston : Cherry Orchard Books, Academic Studies Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
xxii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"The Kahans from Baku is a saga of a Russian Jewish family. Their story also provides an insight into the history of Jews in the Imperial Russian economy, especially in the oil industry. The entrepreneur and family patriarch, Chaim Kahan was a pious and enlightened man and a Zionist. His children followed in his footsteps in business as well as in policy, philanthropy and love of books. The Kahans from Baku takes us through a forced migration history in times of war and revolution and the 20th century's totalitarian regimes telling a story of fortune and misfortune in economy and everyday life of one cohesive family over four generations in Russia, Germany, Denmark and France, ending up in Palestine and the United States of America"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Dohrn, Verena. Kahans from Baku Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 17, 2022
Series
Cherry Orchard Books
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface / Jonah Gavrieli
In Memoriam Eli Rosenberg / Noa Rosenberg
Translator's foreword / Uri Themal
Jacob Kahan. Imprisoned. Berlin
Chaim Kahan. From Orlya to Brest-Litovsk
Life under war conditions. Berlin
On the move. Vilna, Warsaw, Kharkov, Saratov . . .
Citizenship and the world of education-Berlin, Bonn, Frankfurt, Marburg, Antwerp
To Baku
Zina and the oilfields. Baku
Aron and the Black Gold. Baku
Summer resorts during the War: Bad Harzburg, Bad Neuenahr, Bad Polzin
Economic management in times of war and revolution. Petrograd
Across the Front Line-Berlin, Warsaw, Baku, Moscow, Vilna, Kharkov, Kiev
Expulsion from Russia. Baku, Kharkov, Yekaterinoslav, Moscow
Fresh start in the West. Caucasian Oil Company. Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven
Family in exile. Berlin
Nitag. Berlin
Devotion to books. Petrograd, Vilna, Berlin
36 Schlüterstrasse. Expulsion from paradise. Berlin
The mavericks between the wars-European corporate networks: Berlin, Hamburg, Copenhagen, London, Riga, Paris, Amsterdam
The third expulsion. Paris, Lisbon
Eretz Israel. Tel Aviv
Sanctuaries. The family is alive. New York, Tel Aviv, Ma'agan Michael
Illustrations
Notes.
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