Steven E. Aschheim holds the Vigevani Chair of European Studies at the Hebrew University where he teaches Cultural and Intellectual History. He is the author of "Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad" (2007); "Scholem, Arendt, Klemperer: Intimate Chronicles in Turbulent Times" (2001); "In Times of Crisis: Essays on European Culture, Germans and Jews" (2001); "Culture and Catastrophe: Confrontations with National Socialism and 0ther Crises" (1996);"The Nietzsche Legacy in Germany, 1890-1990" (1992); "Brothers and Strangers: The East European Jew in German and German-Jewish Consciousness" (1982).