{"product_id":"five-germanys-i-have-known-fritz-stern-9780374530860","title":"Five Germanys I Have Known: A History \u0026 Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"German question\" haunts the modern world: How could so civilized a nation be responsible for the greatest horror in Western history? In this unusual fusion of personal memoir and history, the celebrated scholar Fritz Stern refracts the question through the prism of his own life. Born in the Weimar Republic, exposed to five years of National Socialism before being forced into exile in 1938 in America, he became a world-renowned historian whose work opened new perspectives on the German past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStern brings to life the five Germanys he has experienced: Weimar, the Third Reich, postwar West and East Germanys, and the unified country after 1990. Through his engagement with the nation from which he and his family fled, he shows that the tumultuous history of Germany, alternately the strength and the scourge of Europe, offers political lessons for citizens everywhere--especially those facing or escaping from tyranny. In this wise, tough-minded, and subtle book, Stern, himself a passionately engaged citizen, looks beyond Germany to issues of political responsibility that concern everyone. \u003ci\u003eFive \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGermanys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e I Have Known \u003c\/i\u003evindicates his belief that, at its best, history is our most dramatic introduction to a moral civic life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fritz Stern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374530866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2007 pg. 24","brand":"Fritz Stern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987300548863,"sku":"9780374530860","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_39349477-0b6f-4401-a208-028781b0d336.jpg?v=1683288161","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/five-germanys-i-have-known-fritz-stern-9780374530860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}