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“A firsthand confrontation with the inner fears and the outer realities of [German Jews] as they themselves reflect post

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Part 1. Identifying German Jews
Part 2. Life Histories: From die Soviet Union to East and West Berlin
1. Ruth Benario
2. Albert Klein
Part 3. Life Histories: From the United States to East and West Berlin
3. Hilde Eisler
4. Ernst Cramer
Part 4. Life Histories: From England to East Berlin
5. Jürgen Kuczynski
6. Susanne Rödel
7. Wolfgang Herzberg
Part 5. Life Histories: Carrying on Tradition
8. Marion Ruth Thimm
9. Kate P. Leiterer
Part 6. Life Histories: Rediscovery of Jewishness East and West
10. Jessica Jacoby
11. Konstanin Münz
Part 7. From Surviving to Belonging: Stories of the Returned
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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SO JO U R N ER S

Texts and Contexts Volume 16 General Editor Sander L. Gilman U niversity o f Chicago

Editorial Board David Bathrick C o rn ell U niversity

J . Edward Chamberlin U niversity o f Toronto

Michael Fried TheJohn s H opkins U niversity

Anton Kaes U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia, Berkeley

Robert Nye U niversity o f O klahom a

Nancy Stepan C olum bia U niversity

S O J O U R N E R S byJohn Bomeman andJeffrey M . Peck T he Return o f Germ an Jew s and the Q uestion o f Identity

U niversity o f Nebraska Press Lincoln and London : 1995

Publication o f this volum e was assisted by T h e Em ily Schossberg cr Fund, established in m em ory o f Em ily Schossberger, first director o f the U niversity o f Nebraska Press C 1995 by the U niversity o f N e­ braska Press. A ll rights reserved. M anufactured in the United States o f Am erica. Set in Adobe Garam ond by Keystone Type­ setting, Inc. Book designed by Richard Eckersley. 0 T he paper in this book meets

the m inim um requirements o f Am erican N ational Standard for Inform ation Sciences Perma­ nence o f Paper for Printed Libra­ ry M aterials, ansi Z39.48-1984. lib ra ry o f Congress Cataloging-in-Publication-D ata Bom em an, John. Sojourners : the return o f G er­ man Jew s and the question o f identity / by John Bom em an and Jeffrey M . Peck. p. cm . In­ cludes bibliographical references and index, isbn 0-8032-1255-0 i. Jew s - Germ any - Berlin Interviews. 2. Jew s, Germ any Berlin - Identity. 3 . Jew s, G er­ man - Identity. 4. H olocaust, Jew ish (1939-1945) - Germ a­ ny - Influence. 5. Berlin (Ger­ many) - Biography. 6 . Berlin (Germ any) - Ethnic relations, i. Feck, Jeffrey M . 19 50 -. n .T id e . 111. T id e: Return o f Germ an Jew s and the question o f identity. DS135.G5A1263 199$ 943'.OQ4924-dc 20 95-3125