Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust: A Jewish Family's Untold Story (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521899918)

A family's recently-discovered correspondence provides the inspiration for this fascinating and deeply-moving account of Jewish family life before, during and after the Holocaust. Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey reveal how the Kaufmann-Steinberg family was pulled apart under the Nazi regime and left divided between Germany, the US and Palestine. The family's unique eight-way correspondence across two generations brings into sharp focus the dilemma of Jews in Nazi Germany facing the painful decision of when and if they should leave Germany. The authors capture the family members' fluctuating emotions of hope, optimism, resignation and despair as well as the day-to-day concerns, experiences and dynamics of family life despite increasing persecution and impending deportation. Headed by two sisters who were among the first female business owners in Essen, the family was far from conventional, and their story contributes a new dimension to our understanding of life in Germany during these dark years.

Author: Rebecca Boehling, Uta Larkey
ISBN-10: 0521899915
ISBN-13: 9780521899918
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2011
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2011 pg. 116
Booklist 09/15/2011 pg. 14