'Dark, Depressing Riddle'

At the twilight of the Weimar Republic, politicians, scientists, and theologians were engaged in debates surrounding the so-called 'Jewish Question.' When the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, these discussions took on a new sense of urgency and poignancy. As state measures against Jews unfolded, theological conceptions of the meaning of 'Israel' and 'Judaism' began to impact living, breathing Jewish persons.