Edith Stein Kin in Two Worlds
Exploring German-Jewish Refugee Identities in Transition
Joyce Avrech Berkman(Author)
Rowman & Littlefield (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 21. January 2027
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-6669-6617-6 (ISBN)
Description
A study of the refugee experience of Edith Stein's family members who fled the Third Reich provides a lens through which to view existing theories of immigration and interpretations of the lives of German-Jewish immigrants.
The Stein family's experience of emigration and transition to a new country provokes questions raised by many German refugee scholars, and immigration scholars in general. These questions concern the impact of emigration on identity and transformation, perception of the country from which the refugees fled and where they settled, motivations to flee, anticipations of the future, and the agony of separation from family and friends. As this book reveals, Stein kin's acculturation experience is both similar and different from that of other German immigrants. Joyce Berkman argues that the Stein kin experience challenges prevalent understanding of typical German refugee acculturation.
This book draws heavily on first-person sources, including oral histories collected by the author from ten offspring of Stein's siblings and her cousin Richard Courant. Other sources include: personal correspondence, short memoirs, and creative writing. Berkman examines a broad range of public documents and relevant scholarly literature and explores the benefits and limitations of first-person accounts for historical understanding.
The Stein family's experience of emigration and transition to a new country provokes questions raised by many German refugee scholars, and immigration scholars in general. These questions concern the impact of emigration on identity and transformation, perception of the country from which the refugees fled and where they settled, motivations to flee, anticipations of the future, and the agony of separation from family and friends. As this book reveals, Stein kin's acculturation experience is both similar and different from that of other German immigrants. Joyce Berkman argues that the Stein kin experience challenges prevalent understanding of typical German refugee acculturation.
This book draws heavily on first-person sources, including oral histories collected by the author from ten offspring of Stein's siblings and her cousin Richard Courant. Other sources include: personal correspondence, short memoirs, and creative writing. Berkman examines a broad range of public documents and relevant scholarly literature and explores the benefits and limitations of first-person accounts for historical understanding.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6669-6617-6 (9781666966176)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Joyce Avrech Berkman is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Massachusetts, USA.
Content
1. Meeting the Stein Kin: Scholarly Frameworks and Oral History Methods
2. The Trauma of Separation from their Beloved Germany
3. Embarking to America: Exploring and Interpreting Stein Kin's Sense of Self
4. Suspended Between Two Worlds: 1934-1942
5. Becoming Patriots: World War Two and Beyond, 1942-1960s
6. Rough Edges between Past and Present: Edith Stein's Beatification and Canonization
Appendix A: Those Murdered, Those Survived
Appendix B: Stein family tree
Appendix C: Consent and Release Form
Appendix D: Questionnaire
Appendix E: List of Stein kin who attended canonization of Edith Stein a Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 11 October 1998.
Bibliography
Index
2. The Trauma of Separation from their Beloved Germany
3. Embarking to America: Exploring and Interpreting Stein Kin's Sense of Self
4. Suspended Between Two Worlds: 1934-1942
5. Becoming Patriots: World War Two and Beyond, 1942-1960s
6. Rough Edges between Past and Present: Edith Stein's Beatification and Canonization
Appendix A: Those Murdered, Those Survived
Appendix B: Stein family tree
Appendix C: Consent and Release Form
Appendix D: Questionnaire
Appendix E: List of Stein kin who attended canonization of Edith Stein a Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 11 October 1998.
Bibliography
Index