Our Only Hope: Eddie's Holocaust Story and the Weisz Family Correspondence (Studies in the Shoah Series) - Couverture souple

Pickus, Keith H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761839208 ISBN 13 : 9780761839200

Editeur : University Press of America, 2008

Synopsis

Our Only Hope is based on correspondence between Eddie Weisz, a German Jew who emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, and his family (father, mother, and brother) who remained behind, first in Berlin and then Prague. Like many German Jewish families, Eddie's parents sent their eldest child to America hoping that he could pave the way for the rest of the family to follow. The story is a deeply personal account of how the Nazi phenomenon affected a single family. It gives voice to victims of the Holocaust, people whose experiences are typically told through the eyes of survivors and perpetrators. Through this narrative, Our Only Hope illuminates an ironic and tragic dualism: the steady deterioration of life's circumstances for the Weisz family that is left behind, countered by the transformation of Eddie Weisz into an independent adult and American citizen.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Keith H. Pickus is the Associate Provost at Wichita State University and an Associate Professor of German and Jewish history. He has published Constructing Modern Identities: Jewish University Students in Germany, 1815-1914 (Wayne State University Press, 1999), essays on Jewish identity, and a series of articles on Jewish and Catholic communities in 19th century Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761839208
• ISBN 13: 9780761839200
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 122
• Éditeur: Garber Zev
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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