Class of '31
A German-Jewish migre's Journey across Defeated Germany
Published on 31. October 2017
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-61811-652-9 (ISBN)
Description
Class of '31 is a beautifully written memoir from Walter Jessel, a German Jew determined to answer the question that haunted him since emigrating to the United States in 1938: "Would the people of other nations, if they were placed in the same position as the German during the Hitler regime, behave in the same manner?" Born in 1913 in Frankfurt, Jessel led an extraordinary twentieth-century life on three continents. In 1945, Jessel returned to Germany as an American soldier and sought out his former classmates, hoping to understand how they survived, or thrived, in Nazi Germany. Incredibly personal and honest, ""Class of '31"" is a valuable primary source for anyone interested in the history of German Jews.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Brighton
United States
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61811-652-9 (9781618116529)
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Persons
Brian E. Crim is the John M. Turner Distinguished Chair in the Humanities and Associate Professor History at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is author of "Antisemitism in the German Military Community and the Jewish Response, 1914-1938" (2014) and "Our Germans: Project Paperclip and the National Security State" (2018).
Content
Foreword - Michael J. Neufeld
Introduction Brian E. Crim
Class of '31 Walter Jessel
Walter Jessel A Chronology
Introduction Brian E. Crim
Class of '31 Walter Jessel
Walter Jessel A Chronology