Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939

Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939

An eminent historian recounts the Nazi rise to power from his unique perspective as a young Jewish boy in Munich, living with Adolf Hitler as his neighbor.Â

Edgar Feuchtwanger came from a prominent German-Jewish family--the only son of a respected editor and the nephew of a best-selling author, Lion Feuchtwanger. He was a carefree five-year-old, pampered by his parents and his nanny, when Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, moved into the building opposite theirs in Munich.Â

In 1933 the joy of this untroubled life was shattered. Hitler had been named Chancellor. Edgar's parents, stripped of their rights as citizens, tried to protect him from increasingly degrading realities. In class, his teacher had him draw swastikas, and his schoolmates joined the Hitler Youth.Â

Watching events unfold from his window, Edgar bore witness to the Night of the Long Knives, the Anschluss, and Kristallnacht. Jews were arrested; his father was imprisoned at Dachau. In 1939 Edgar was sent on his own to England, where he would make a new life, a career, have a family, and strive to forget the nightmare of his past--a past that came rushing back when he decided, at the age of eighty-eight, to tell the story of his buried childhood and his infamous neighbor.
Country USA
Brand Other Press
Manufacturer Other Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781590518649
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-11-07
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781590518649

Country	USA
Brand	Other Press
Manufacturer	Other Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781590518649
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-11-07
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781590518649

Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939

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