Bodemann A Jewish Family in Germany Today

An Intimate Portrait
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8592-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Shares the life experiences of the children of 4 siblings who out of eight siblings, parents and grandparents, survived the Holocaust. It explores the ways in which these children from the same socio-cultural background have built diverse lives in German

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bodemann, Y. Michal

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Contemporary German Jewish Life through One Family 1

Prologue: Rita Volkov, Great Aunt in Toronto 37

Part 1. Albert's Family

Berthold and His Father 45

Working in the Kalmans' Firm 71

Berthold in His Life 79

Eva, Swiss Mentality, Polish Company 91

Ronnie, in and out of His Father's Shadow 108

Salek, Nordau's Jew 119

Esther, the Zionist Pioneer in Our Family 132

Gabriel, Postmodern Jew 156

Part 2. Ignaz and Dina

Ignaz, Dina's Father 179

Dina, from Germany to Israel and Back 187

Johannes Rautenstrauch, A Goy in the House 218

Part 3. Jerry Guterman

Jerry and the Fossils 233

Part 4. Jurek's Family

Jurek, Benjamin and His Brothers 249

Jonny, a Career in Israel 256

Lilian, Staying at Home 261

Motti, the Sculptor-Rememberer 268

Glossary 279

Über Autor(innen)

Y. Michal Bodemann is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Out of the Ashes: The Vicissitudes of the New German Jewry and the editor of Jews, Germans, Memory: Reconstructions of Jewish Life in Germany.