Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust: A Jewish Family's Untold Story Headed by two sisters who were among the first female business owners in Essen, the family was far from conventional. The family's unique eight-way correspondence across two generations brings into sharp focus the dilemma of Jews in Nazi G
| TITLE | : | Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust: A Jewish Family's Untold Story |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.78 (938 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0521899915 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 350 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2011-07-19 |
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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
EDITORIAL :
"Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust offers a richly-textured account of the Kaufmann-Steinberg family during the Second World War. Expertly illuminated by Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey, it is based on an extraordinarily full set of correspondence between family members with diverse perspectives. Among the many strengths of this superb study is the extent to which it challenges persistent notions concerning gender roles, relations with non-Jewish Germans, and attitudes toward traditional Judaism within German Jewry." -Michael Berkowitz, author of The Crime of My Very Existence: Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality
"Based on a unique collection of private documents, Rebecca Boehling's and Uta Larkey's story of the fragmentation, destruction and regeneration of the Kaufmann-Steinberg family in the Holocaust is disturbing, saddening and intriguing -- an outstandin
REVIEW :
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