Jewish literature blossomed in Germany during the years 1933 to 1938. It was tolerated by the National Socialists and served German Jews as a means of self-ascertion and frequently also provided guidelines. With reference to narrative literature, the study provides both a general outline and an analysis of individual works, thus delineating more clearly a type of literary life that both reflected the range and scope of inner-Jewish discussion and asserted its resistance to the humiliating constraints imposed by the non-Jewish environment.