Born Jewish: A Childhood in Occupied Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781788736442)

Eminent Marxist intellectual recounts class struggles in Nazi-torn Belgium

Marcel Liebman was one of post-war Europe's preeminent Marxist intellectuals. This, his memoir of Nazi-occupied Belgium, is both an elegy and an indictment. Liebman's account of his childhood in Brussels under the Nazi occupation explores the emergence of his class-consciousness against a background of resistance and collaboration. He documents the internal class war that has long been hidden from history: how the Nazi persecution exploited class distinctions within the Jewish community, and how certain Jewish notables collaborated in a systematic programme of denunciation and deportation against immigrant Jews who lacked the privileges of wealth and citizenship.

Born Jewish is a fierce, powerful and subtle account of the Liebman family's struggle to survive persecution and terror, a story rich with insight, humour and lyricism.

Author: Marcel Liebman
ISBN-10: 1788736443
ISBN-13: 9781788736442
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.50d