My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (672 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300080700 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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S. McGee said A compelling and deeply personal memoir. American scholar Peter Gay, until the age of ten or 1"A compelling and deeply personal memoir" according to S. McGee. American scholar Peter Gay, until the age of ten or 12, considered himself to be just another German schoolboy from Berlin. The problem was that Gay's family was Jewish, in the eyes of the Nazi regime that rose to power in 19A compelling and deeply personal memoir American scholar Peter Gay, until the age of ten or 12, considered himself to be just another German schoolboy from Berlin. The problem was that Gay's family was Jewish, in the eyes of the Nazi regime that rose to power in 1933. And still, for years, the assimilated family clung to their conviction that is was themselves who represented the 'real Germany' -- cultured, broad-minded, etc. -- and the thuggish Nazis who were the anomaly. But the Nazis had the power, and Gay was forced to deal with the way the. A compelling and deeply personal memoir American scholar Peter Gay, until the age of ten or 12, considered himself to be just another German schoolboy from Berlin. The problem was that Gay's family was Jewish, in the eyes of the Nazi regime that rose to power in 1933. And still, for years, the assimilated family clung to their conviction that is was themselves who represented the 'real Germany' -- cultured, broad-minded, etc. -- and the thuggish Nazis who were the anomaly. But the Nazis had the power, and Gay was forced to deal with the way the. . And still, for years, the assimilated family clung to their conviction that is was themselves who represented the 'real Germany' -- cultured, broad-minded, etc. -- and the thuggish Nazis who were the anomaly. But the Nazis had the power, and Gay was forced to deal with the way the. , considered himself to be just another German schoolboy from Berlin. The problem was that Gay's family was Jewish, in the eyes of the Nazi regime that rose to power in 19A compelling and deeply personal memoir American scholar Peter Gay, until the age of ten or 12, considered himself to be just another German schoolboy from Berlin. The problem was that Gay's family was Jewish, in the eyes of the Nazi regime that rose to power in 1933. And still, for years, the assimilated family clung to their conviction that is was themselves who represented the 'real Germany' -- cultured, broad-minded, etc. -- and the thuggish Nazis who were the anomaly. But the Nazis had the power, and Gay was forced to deal with the way the. A compelling and deeply personal memoir American scholar Peter Gay, until the age of ten or 12, considered himself to be just another German schoolboy from Berlin. The problem was that Gay's family was Jewish, in the eyes of the Nazi regime that rose to power in 1933. And still, for years, the assimilated family clung to their conviction that is was themselves who represented the 'real Germany' -- cultured, broad-minded, etc. -- and the thuggish Nazis who were the anomaly. But the Nazis had the power, and Gay was forced to deal with the way the. . And still, for years, the assimilated family clung to their conviction that is was themselves who represented the 'real Germany' -- cultured, broad-minded, etc. -- and the thuggish Nazis who were the anomaly. But the Nazis had the power, and Gay was forced to deal with the way the. A Customer said Thrilling memoir. I quite disagree with the negative comments being given. Of course, this book does not tend to be a historical study. This is meant to be a book about the author's psyche. It is also a statement about the Jewry in Pre-War German Society, an attack on those people that accuse the jews of being to slow in recognizing Hitler's monstruous 'Solution'. It concentrates on that. It is also a very thin book: 170 pages. It is not the type of sensitive study Peter Gay is known for, but that is inherent to the charac. AN EXCELLENT STUDY William M. Many late 20th century Jews have at times asked the question, "When things started to get bad in Nazi Germany, why didn't you just LEAVE?" Peter Gay answers this question and others in a hard to put down but still disturbing summary of growing up in Germany in the 30's. Be sure and look at the name of the person to whom the book is dedicated. You will see that name again.
The result is credible answer to the question: How could they have stayed? . Now, decades later, Gay employs his new native tongue to uncover the psychological impulses that fed his parents' decision to stay in Berlin as long as they did and governed his own behavior as a boy. Gay recalls that his daily life was relatively unaffected by the Totalitarian regime. That is until 1933, when, according to law, he became a Jew overnight. Then came Kristallnacht, which crystallized the family's sublimated fears and precipitated their flight from their home. Though still a boy, Gay remembers that "one of the greatest moments in my life" came when the German women's relay team dropped their baton at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Soon the family found their living quarters shrinking and their awareness of their plight growing (though no one could possibly conce
Gay describes his family, the life they led, and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner.. This is an account of the author's experiences as a young, assimilated, anti-religious Jew in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939