A Place They Called Home
Reclaiming Citizenship. Stories of a New Jewish Return to Germany
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2019
Book
208 pages
978-3-96026-016-5 (ISBN)
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Dena, eine Renterin aus New Hampshire fühlt sich in Deutschland zuhause, sobald sie die Hänge der Weingärten am Rhein sieht. Maya, eine Journalistin bei der Deutsche Welle, hat die Staatsbürgerschaft beantragt, weil es für ihre Karriere in Berlin gut war. Und Yermi, ein Schriftsteller aus Israel, hat eine Anwort für Leute, die sich wundern, warum er in dem Land lebt, das seine Familie umgebracht hat. 'In Berlin gehöre ich dazu - zur Kultur und den Werten.' Sie alle holen sich zurück, was ihren Familien genommen wurde.
Dena, a New Hampshire retiree, feels at home in Germany the moment the vineyards across the Rhine come into her view. Maya, a journalist for Deutsche Welle, pursued German citizenship to boost her career in Berlin. And Yermi, an Israeli writer, has a response for people who question his decision to live in the country that murdered his relatives. "In Berlin I feel a sense of belonging - to the culture, the values - and I feel welcomed here." A Place They Called Home is the first book to give a voice to the descendants of Jewish Holocaust survivors who have chosen to restore their German citizenship. They each have different reasons for doing so, but they all reclaimed something that was taken from their families.
Dena, a New Hampshire retiree, feels at home in Germany the moment the vineyards across the Rhine come into her view. Maya, a journalist for Deutsche Welle, pursued German citizenship to boost her career in Berlin. And Yermi, an Israeli writer, has a response for people who question his decision to live in the country that murdered his relatives. "In Berlin I feel a sense of belonging - to the culture, the values - and I feel welcomed here." A Place They Called Home is the first book to give a voice to the descendants of Jewish Holocaust survivors who have chosen to restore their German citizenship. They each have different reasons for doing so, but they all reclaimed something that was taken from their families.
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PIPPA GOLDSCHMIDT is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She used to be an astronomer and much of her work is inspired by science. She's the author of the novel The Falling Sky and the short story collection The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space. Her work has been on BBC Radio 4 and published in a variety of places including the Scottish Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times.
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Donna Swarthout was born in New Jersey to German Jewish parents from Frankfurt and Hamburg. She holds a Master's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and has twenty years of experience teaching at universities in the U.S. and Germany. In 2010 she moved to Berlin from Bozeman, Montana with her husband and three children. She is the author of numerous publications and the blog "Full Circle" about her return to Germany.