Y Michal Bodemann

A Jewish Family in Germany Today

An Intimate Portrait

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Produktbeschreibung

Shares the life experiences of the children of 4 siblings who out of eight siblings, parents and grandparents, survived the Holocaust. It explores the ways in which these children from the same socio-cultural background have built diverse lives in German

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780822334101
• ISBN-10: 0822334100
• Artikelnr.: 21823134

Autorenporträt

Y. Michal Bodemann is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Out of the Ashes: The Vicissitudes of the New German Jewry and the editor of Jews, Germans, Memory: Reconstructions of Jewish Life in Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Contemporary German Jewish Life through One Family 1
Prologue: Rita Volkov, Great Aunt in Toronto 37
Part 1. Albert's Family
Berthold and His Father 45
Working in the Kalmans' Firm 71
Berthold in His Life 79
Eva, Swiss Mentality, Polish Company 91
Ronnie, in and out of His Father's Shadow 108
Salek, Nordau's Jew 119
Esther, the Zionist Pioneer in Our Family 132
Gabriel, Postmodern Jew 156
Part 2. Ignaz and Dina
Ignaz, Dina's Father 179
Dina, from Germany to Israel and Back 187
Johannes Rautenstrauch, A Goy in the House 218
Part 3. Jerry Guterman
Jerry and the Fossils 233
Part 4. Jurek's Family
Jurek, Benjamin and His Brothers 249
Jonny, a Career in Israel 256
Lilian, Staying at Home 261
Motti, the Sculptor-Rememberer 268
Glossary 279