ISBN:
9781618116529
,
9781618116505
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiv, 182 Seiten
Year of publication:
2017
Series Statement:
The Holocaust: history and literature, ethics and philosophy
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
943.086
Keywords:
Jessel, Walter
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Jessel, Walter
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Geschichte 1945
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military / bisacsh
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HISTORY / Holocaust / bisacsh
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National socialism Moral and ethical aspects
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World War, 1939-1945
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Jews History 1933-1945
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Jews Persecutions
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
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HISTORY / Holocaust
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Judenverfolgung
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung
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Germany History 1933-1945
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Germany Social conditions 1933-1945
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Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Biography
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Frankfurt am Main
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Autobiografie
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Erlebnisbericht
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Tagebuch
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Frankfurt am Main
;
Judenverfolgung
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung
;
Geschichte 1945
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Jessel, Walter
Abstract:
""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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