Maintaining Jewish Tradition and Religious Life
The segregation forced upon German Jewry by the Nazis
motivated some Jews to find consolation in the Jewish tradition and in some
instances, to return to religious observance. The major component of Eastern European
Jewry was traditional and Orthodox and thus struggled to observe religious
precepts, sometimes even clandestinely and in contravention of prohibitions
imposed by the Nazis. Questions of faith and devotion to tradition preoccupied
many of the Jews. In some cases, the pressure of circumstances caused the
breakdown of religious frameworks and even severely harmed individuals'
religious way of life. (Maintaining Jewish Tradition and Religious Life)
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