Jewish Culture and Urban Form: A Case Study of Central Poland before the Holocaust

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Małgorzata Hanzl (Łódź University of Technology, Poland)

Jewish Culture and Urban Form

A Case Study of Central Poland before the Holocaust

Małgorzata Hanzl (Łódź University of Technology, Poland)

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Regional studies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & political philosophy; Religion: general; Judaism

Series: Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe

Across a range of disciplines, urban morphology has offered lenses through which we can read the city. Reading the urban form, when conflated with ethnographic studies, enables us to return to past situations and recreate the long-gone everyday life. Urbanscapes – the artefacts of urban life – have left us the story portrayed in the pages of this book.

The notions of time and space contribute to depicting the Jewish-Polish culture in central Poland before the Holocaust. The research proves that Jewish society in pre-Holocaust Poland was an example of self-organising complexity. Through bottom-up activities, it had a significant impact on the unique character of the spaces left behind. Several features confirm this influence. Not only do the edifices, both public and private, convey meanings related to the Jewish culture, but public and semi-private space also tell the story of long-gone social situations. The specific atmosphere that still lingers there recalls the long-gone Jewish culture, with the unique settlement patterns indicating a separate spatial order. The Author reveals to the international cast of practitioners and theorists of urban and Jewish studies a vivid and comprehensive account.

This book will appeal to researchers and students alike studying Jewish communities in Poland and Jewish-Polish society and urbanisation, as well as all those interested in Jewish-Polish Culture.

By: Małgorzata Hanzl (Łódź University of Technology Poland)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032069364
ISBN 10: 1032069368
Series: Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Małgorzata Hanzl is Architect and urban planner, PhD with habilitation. Associate Professor at the Lodz University of Technology and a lecturer at Warsaw University of Technology. Member of the Urban Morphology Editorial Board. Fulbright Fellow in SENSEable CityLab, MIT (2014). Vice President of ISOCARP (2017–2020).