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In the Eye of the Storm - Growing Up Jewish in Germany, 1918-43, A Memoir (Hardcover)
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In the Eye of the Storm - Growing Up Jewish in Germany, 1918-43, A Memoir (Hardcover)
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Originally published in Germany in 1997, Herbert A. Strauss In The
Eye of The Storm: Growing Up Jewish in Germany, 1918-1943, A Memoir
is not merely a memoir, or biography, but rather a description of a
life embedded in the history of the Jewish community. It is the
story of Jewish life, both pre-Nazi Germany and during Nazi
Germany. Born in 1913 to a Christian mother and a Jewish father,
Strauss was raised in a conservative Jewish fashion, studying
Hebrew and Jewish history. Like many other Jews, he took little
notice as the anti-Semitism of Nazi culture began to seep into his
daily life. He remarks of when he was a boy, how amused he was,
when during a school genetics lesson, he was selected as the
embodiment of a perfect Aryan. But, as Strauss grew older the story
changed. Restrictions placed on Jews became more increasingly harsh
and he began to feel apprehensive. Yet, while still a student at
the Hochshule, a remarkable Jewish school that the Nazis permitted
to function until the early months of 1942, Strauss still refused
to believe that things could get much worse, and went on concerning
himself with his education in the Humanities. However, by late
1942, after he was shut out of the academic world, made a street
cleaner, and then forced into hiding, along with his girlfriend
(now wife), Lotte, Strauss finally came to the truth of what was
happening. A truth he could hardly believe. Both he and Lotte
escaped from the Gestapo, with help from the Jewish underground and
Frau Meier, a Catholic, who supplied forged documents so that they
could enter Switzerland.
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