In the Shadow of the Holocaust
Jewish-Communist Writers in East Germany
1st Edition
Published on 14. January 2022
210 pages
978-1-78744-808-7 (ISBN)
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This study investigates six German Jewish writers' negotiation of Jewish-German-Communist identity in post-Holocaust East Germany.
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01/2022
Camden House Inc
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Fox Thomas C.:
THOMAS C. FOX is Professor of German at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Stated Memory: East Germany and the Holocaust (Camden House, 1999) and co-editor of Companion to the Works of Lessing (Camden House, 2005).
THOMAS C. FOX is Professor of German at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Stated Memory: East Germany and the Holocaust (Camden House, 1999) and co-editor of Companion to the Works of Lessing (Camden House, 2005).
Content
Introduction: In the House of the Hangman
1: The Dead Mother: Anna Seghers
2: Stefan Heym's Negotiation of Communist-Jewish Identity
3: The Dead Wife: Stephan Hermlin
4: Expanding East German Holocaust Discourse: Peter Edel and Fred Wander
5: The Dead Father. Jurek Becker
Conclusion: "Let us speak German for an hour."
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1: The Dead Mother: Anna Seghers
2: Stefan Heym's Negotiation of Communist-Jewish Identity
3: The Dead Wife: Stephan Hermlin
4: Expanding East German Holocaust Discourse: Peter Edel and Fred Wander
5: The Dead Father. Jurek Becker
Conclusion: "Let us speak German for an hour."
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