Living in Two Worlds: Diaries of a Jewish Couple in Germany and in Exile - Hardcover

Behrend-Rosenfeld, Else; Rosenfeld, Siegfried

 
9781316519097: Living in Two Worlds: Diaries of a Jewish Couple in Germany and in Exile
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1316519090 ISBN 13: 9781316519097
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

This unique collection of diaries and letters offers a vivid personal account of the experiences of a Jewish couple living parallel lives during the Second World War. While their children left for England just before war broke out, and Siegfried soon followed, Else Behrend was unable to obtain her visa in time, and remained in Germany. This volume includes Else's account of her years of persecution under the Nazi dictatorship, and of her life underground in Berlin, before her eventual daring escape to Switzerland on foot in 1944. Her dramatic story is presented alongside Siegfried's account of his very different experience, living penniless and in isolation in England, as well as some of her letters to her close friend and confidante, Eva. Complemented by QR codes that allow readers to listen to Else's own voice from her 1963 BBC interviews. Published in English for the first time, Living in Two Worlds offers an unforgettable and moving insight into the impact of the Second World War on everyday life.

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About the Authors

Marita Krauss is Professor of History in the Faculty of Philology and History at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Her previous publications include biographies of the pioneering female doctor, Dr Hope Bridges Adams Lehmann (2009), and the dancer Lola Montez (2020).

Erich Kasberger is an independent historian and freelance writer. He previously worked as a history teacher at a grammar school in Munich. He began researching a nearby site which had been an internment camp for Jews, where he established a memorial to Else Behrend-Rosenfeld and to 500 deported Jews. He received an award from the City of Munich for his work on the Rosenfeld family.

Deborah Langton is an independent translator. She previously taught at Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, and has translated numerous volumes of fiction and non-fiction from German into English.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1316519090
ISBN 13 
9781316519097
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
370
Editor
Krauss Marita, Kasberger Erich