The Kahans from Baku: A Family Saga - Paperback

by Verena Dohrn (Author)

The book is a family saga, presenting an insight into the history of Jews in Russia's oil industry. It leads to forced migration in the turbulent 20th century endured and mastered by a cohesive family over four generations in Russia, Germany, Denmark, France, Palestine, and the United States of America.

Author Biography

Verena Dohrn was Professor of Modern Jewish History in Eastern Europe at Göttingen University. She is the author of Jüdische Eliten im Russischen Reich. Aufklärung und Integration im 19. Jahrhundert, and editor of Simon Dubnow's Buch des Lebens. Erinnerungen und Gedanken. Materialien zur Geschichte meiner Zeit 1860-1933.