The Warburgs：The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

Bankers,philanthropists,scholars,socialites,artists,andpoliticians,theWarburgsstoodatthepinnacleofGerman(and,later,ofGerman-American)Jewry.Theyforgedeconomicdynasties,builtmansionsandestates,assembledlibraries,endowedcharities,andadvisedaGermankaiserandtwoAmericanpresidents.ButtheirverysuccessmadetheWarburgslightningrodsforanti-Semitism,andtheirsenseofpatriotismbecameincreasinglydangerousinaGermanythathaddeclaredJewstheenemy.RonChernow'shugelyfascinatinghistoryisagroupportraitofaclanwhosememberswererenownedfortheirbrilliance,culture,andpersonalenergyyettragicallyvulnerabletothedarkandirrationalcurrentsofthetwentiethcentury."Splendid....Chernowdoesawonderfuljobfleshingoutthelivesofthemajorcharactersinthisfamilydrama."