Language:
German
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Text + Kritik; Zeitschrift für Literatur
Angaben zur Quelle:
65-66 [2. Aufl., Neufassung] (2001) 119-134
Keywords:
Johnson, Uwe,
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
;
Jews
;
Jews in literature
;
Judaism in literature
Abstract:
Discusses the centrality of the Holocaust in Uwe Johnson's novel and the authenticity of specific incidents, including several that actually took place in Mecklenburg, one of the two scenes of the novel "Jahrestage" (the other is New York, where Gesine, the central character, meets Holocaust survivors and is confronted with the guilt of her parents' generation). States that a much misunderstood matter is the supposed Jewishness of Dr. Semig, a victim of the Nazis in Gesine's hometown; Johnson emphasizes that he is not a Jew but a third-generation Christian, with one grandfather who was a baptized Jew. Thus, he points to the perversity of Nazi racist policy, but many of his critics, contrary to his intention, call Semig a Jew and thus follow Nazi categorization.
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