| Description |
xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. German Jewish Piety: Wurzburg, 1918-1929 -- 2. High School, Apprenticeship: Wurzburg, 1929-1936 -- 3. Youth Movement and Zionist Student Collective: Berlin, 1936-1938 -- 4. General Studies: Berlin, November 1936 to September 1, 1939 -- 5. Wissenschaft des Judentums: Berlin, September 1939-January 1942 -- 6. Abitur: Berlin, March 1942 -- 7. Forced Labor: Berlin, January 10-October 24, 1942 -- 8. Underground in Berlin, October 24, 1942-June 9, 1943 -- 9. Escape to Switzerland, June 12-13, 1943 |
| Summary |
"An account of a Jewish youth's journey from conservative beginnings in a south-German town, through ever-tightening Nazi persecution, slave labor in wartime Berlin, and, finally, flight into the underground and escape to Switzerland in 1943."--BOOK JACKET. "This linking of autobiography with cultural history offers unique insights into the last agony of German Jewry - its everyday life, its concerns, its moral and practical dilemmas."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Strauss, Herbert Arthur.
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Jews -- Germany -- Würzburg -- Biography.
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Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Berlin -- Personal narratives.
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Würzburg (Germany) -- Biography.
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Berlin (Germany) -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| LC no. |
99016618 |
| ISBN |
082321916X |
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