| Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust: A Jewish Family's Untold Story Contributor(s): Boehling, Rebecca (Author), Larkey, Uta (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521899915 ISBN-13: 9780521899918 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Holocaust - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011014117 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.55 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A family's recently-discovered correspondence provides the inspiration for this fascinating and deeply-moving account of Jewish family life before, during and after the Holocaust. Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey reveal how the Kaufmann-Steinberg family was pulled apart under the Nazi regime and left divided between Germany, the US and Palestine. The family's unique eight-way correspondence across two generations brings into sharp focus the dilemma of Jews in Nazi Germany facing the painful decision of when and if they should leave Germany. The authors capture the family members' fluctuating emotions of hope, optimism, resignation and despair as well as the day-to-day concerns, experiences and dynamics of family life despite increasing persecution and impending deportation. Headed by two sisters who were among the first female business owners in Essen, the family was far from conventional, and their story contributes a new dimension to our understanding of life in Germany during these dark years. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boehling, Rebecca: - Rebecca Boehling is Professor of History and Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.Larkey, Uta: - Uta Larkey is Associate Professor of German Studies at Goucher College, Baltimore. |