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Between Two Homelands : Letters Across the Borders of Nazi Germany by Peter Fritzsche (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN-10025207985X
ISBN-139780252079856
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038260166
Product Key Features
Number of Pages312 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBetween Two Homelands : Letters Across the Borders of Nazi Germany
Publication Year2014
SubjectCultural Heritage, Europe / Germany, Letters, Europe / General, Jewish
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter Fritzsche
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-937797
Preface byFritzsche, Peter
Reviews"A captivating book and an important contribution to the vast body of literature on Third Reich Alltagsgeschichte (history of everyday life). This rate collection of letters provides an honest depiction of the everyday lives of Germans living through economic travail, political violence, dictatorship, and war."-- H-German , " Between Two Homelands offers a distinctive perspective on the history of Nazi-era Europe. The letter collection and the more newly discovered diary allow the reader to watch events unfold as they are happening and through the eyes of people who are living in the moment and don't know how the story turns out. The letters allow readers to see, for example, how people weighed career ambitions against ethical scruples in deciding to participate in Nazi projects while trying to convince themselves and others that they were 'good' or 'civilized' people. There is really nothing else quite like this book."--Mary Jo Maynes, coauthor of The Family: A World History, "A captivating book and an important contribution to the vast body of literature on Third Reich Alltagsgeschichte (history of everyday life). This rate collection of letters provides an honest depiction of the everyday lives of Germans living through economic travail, political violence, dictatorship, and war."-- H-German, "Revealing and deeply disturbing. . . . This is useful but sad and frustrating commentary on ordinary people living their lives while the world around them is on fire."-- Booklist "Seen from beginning to end, these collected letters and diary entries help explain why Hitler and the National Socialists found broad support in Germany... Perhaps above all else, this collection of letters reveals how this tragic global conflict reverberated in the most intimate spaces and relationships."-- HISTORY, "Seen from beginning to end, these collected letters and diary entries help explain why Hitler and the National Socialists found broad support in Germany... Perhaps above all else, this collection of letters reveals how this tragic global conflict reverberated in the most intimate spaces and relationships."-- HISTORY, " Between Two Homelands offers a distinctive perspective on the history of Nazi-era Europe. The letter collection and the more newly discovered diary allow the reader to watch events unfold as they are happening and through the eyes of people who are living in the moment and don't know how the story turns out. The letters allow readers to see, for example, how people weighed career ambitions against ethical scruples in deciding to participate in Nazi projects while trying to convince themselves and others that they were 'good' or 'civilized' people. There is really nothing else quite like this book." --Mary Jo Maynes, coauthor of The Family: A World History, "Revealing and deeply disturbing. . . . This is useful but sad and frustrating commentary on ordinary people living their lives while the world around them is on fire."-- Booklist
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal943.086
Table Of ContentCover Title Contents Preface by Peter Fritzsche Introduction Note to the American Edition To Holland (1920-1929) The Parents (1929-1937) The Grandmother (1938-1940) The Brother (1940-1944) The Others (1945-1949) In Closing Family Trees Maps Suggested Reading Index
SynopsisIn 1920, at the age of thirteen, Irmgard Gebensleben first traveled from Germany to The Netherlands on a ""war-children transport."" She would later marry a Dutch man and live and raise her family there while keeping close to her German family and friends through the frequent exchange of letters. Yet during this period geography was not all that separated them. Increasing divergence in political opinions and eventual war between their countries meant letters contained not only family news but personal perspectives on the individual, local, and national choices that would result in the most destructive war in history. This important collection, first assembled by Irmgard Gebensleben's daughter Hedda Kalshoven, gives voice to ordinary Germans in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich and in the occupied Netherlands. The correspondence between Irmgard, her friends, and four generations of her family delve into their most intimate and candid thoughts and feelings about the rise of National Socialism. The responses to the German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands expose the deeply divided loyalties of the family and reveal their attempts to bridge them. Of particular value to historians, the letters evoke the writers' beliefs and their understanding of the events happening around them.This first English translation of Ik denk zoveel aan jullie: Een briefwisseling tussen nederland en duitsland 1920-1949, has been edited, abridged, and annotated by Peter Fritzsche with the assent and collaboration of Hedda Kalshoven. After the book's original publication the diary of Irmgard's brother and loyal Wehrmacht soldier, Eberhard, was discovered and edited by Hedda Kalshoven. Fritzsche has drawn on this important additional source in his preface., In 1920, at the age of thirteen, Irmgard Gebensleben first traveled from Germany to The Netherlands on a "war-children transport." She would later marry a Dutch man and live and raise her family there while keeping close to her German family and friends through the frequent exchange of letters. Yet during this period geography was not all that separated them. Increasing divergence in political opinions and eventual war between their countries meant letters contained not only family news but personal perspectives on the individual, local, and national choices that would result in the most destructive war in history. This important collection, first assembled by Irmgard Gebensleben's daughter Hedda Kalshoven, gives voice to ordinary Germans in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich and in the occupied Netherlands. The correspondence between Irmgard, her friends, and four generations of her family delve into their most intimate and candid thoughts and feelings about the rise of National Socialism. The responses to the German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands expose the deeply divided loyalties of the family and reveal their attempts to bridge them. Of particular value to historians, the letters evoke the writers' beliefs and their understanding of the events happening around them. This first English translation of Ik denk zoveel aan jullie: Een briefwisseling tussen Nederland en Duitsland 1920-1949 , has been edited, abridged, and annotated by Peter Fritzsche with the assent and collaboration of Hedda Kalshoven. After the book's original publication the diary of Irmgard's brother and loyal Wehrmacht soldier, Eberhard, was discovered and edited by Hedda Kalshoven. Fritzsche has drawn on this important additional source in his preface., In 1920, at the age of thirteen, Irmgard Gebensleben first traveled from Germany to The Netherlands on a war-children transport. She would later marry a Dutch man and live and raise her family there while keeping close to her German family and friends through the frequent exchange of letters. Yet during this period geography was not all that separated them. Increasing divergence in political opinions and eventual war between their countries meant letters contained not only family news but personal perspectives on the individual, local, and national choices that would result in the most destructive war in history. This important collection, first assembled by Irmgard Gebensleben's daughter Hedda Kalshoven, gives voice to ordinary Germans in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich and in the occupied Netherlands. The correspondence between Irmgard, her friends, and four generations of her family delve into their most intimate and candid thoughts and feelings about the rise of National Socialism. The responses to the German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands expose the deeply divided loyalties of the family and reveal their attempts to bridge them. Of particular value to historians, the letters evoke the writers' beliefs and their understanding of the events happening around them. This first English translation of Ik denk zoveel aan jullie: Een briefwisseling tussen Nederland en Duitsland 1920-1949 , has been edited, abridged, and annotated by Peter Fritzsche with the assent and collaboration of Hedda Kalshoven. After the book's original publication the diary of Irmgard's brother and loyal Wehrmacht soldier, Eberhard, was discovered and edited by Hedda Kalshoven. Fritzsche has drawn on this important additional source in his preface., In 1920, at the age of thirteen, Irmgard Gebensleben first traveled from Germany to The Netherlands on a ""war-children transport."" She would later marry a Dutch man and live and raise her family there while keeping close to her German family and friends through the frequent exchange of letters. Yet during this period geography was not all that ......
LC Classification NumberDJ92
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