Class of '31 : A German-Jewish Émigré's Journey across Defeated Germany /
Jessel, Walter
Class of '31 : A German-Jewish Émigré's Journey across Defeated Germany / Walter Jessel; ed. by Brian Crim. - 1 online resource (208 p.) - The Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Class of '31 -- Chronology
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
"Class of '31" is a beautifully written memoir from Walter Jessel, a German Jew determined to answer the question that haunted him since emigrating to the United States in 1938: "Would the people of other nations, if they were placed in the same position as the German during the Hitler regime, behave in the same manner?" Born in 1913 in Frankfurt, Jessel led an extraordinary twentieth-century life on three continents. In 1945, Jessel returned to Germany as an American soldier and sought out his former classmates, hoping to understand how they survived, or thrived, in Nazi Germany. Incredibly personal and honest, "Class of '31" is a valuable primary source for anyone interested in the history of German Jews.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781618116529 9781618116512
10.1515/9781618116512 doi
2017043748
Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Jews--History--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--1933-1945.
National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
DD256.5 / .J47 2017
Class of '31 : A German-Jewish Émigré's Journey across Defeated Germany / Walter Jessel; ed. by Brian Crim. - 1 online resource (208 p.) - The Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Class of '31 -- Chronology
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
"Class of '31" is a beautifully written memoir from Walter Jessel, a German Jew determined to answer the question that haunted him since emigrating to the United States in 1938: "Would the people of other nations, if they were placed in the same position as the German during the Hitler regime, behave in the same manner?" Born in 1913 in Frankfurt, Jessel led an extraordinary twentieth-century life on three continents. In 1945, Jessel returned to Germany as an American soldier and sought out his former classmates, hoping to understand how they survived, or thrived, in Nazi Germany. Incredibly personal and honest, "Class of '31" is a valuable primary source for anyone interested in the history of German Jews.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781618116529 9781618116512
10.1515/9781618116512 doi
2017043748
Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Jews--History--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--1933-1945.
National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
DD256.5 / .J47 2017