Holocaust : German history and our half-Jewish family /

"A family history from the 1890s to the 21st century embedded in research on German history that provides context for our family's life. Paul Bernstein, my father, was Jewish; his wife, Johanna Moosdorf, was not. A decorated and wounded WWI veteran, he was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944.The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bernstein, Thomas P. (Author), Bernstein, Barbara J. R., 1935- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Newton, MA : Cherry Orchard Books, 2024.
Subjects:	Holocaust survivors > Biography. Mischlinge (Nuremberg Laws of 1935) Moosdorf, Johanna. Bernstein, Barbara J. R., > 1935- Bernstein, Thomas P. Bernstein, Paul, > 1897-1944 > Family. Children of interfaith marriage > Germany > Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Personal narratives. Jews > Germany > History > 1933-1945. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Germany. Bernstein family. Survivants de l'Holocauste > Biographies. Enfants issus de mariages mixtes > Allemagne > Biographies. Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Récits personnels. Juifs > Allemagne > Histoire > 1933-1945. Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Allemagne.

Table of Contents:

German antisemitism
Family life to 1933
From persecution to genocide, 1933-1945
Our family in Berlin during the Nazi years
Leipzig, 1939-1945
Our lives since WWII : East Germany, 1945-1949
Life in the West, 1950-the present
Legacies of the Nazi past
Contrasting German and American approaches to today's far-right extremists (April 2024).