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Essay What My Nazi Great-Grandfather Taught Me About the Obligation to Act Ursula Werner March 6, 2017
Essay Lion Feuchtwanger: An Author Never Out of Print But No Longer Known Alan Judd February 1, 2017
Excerpt You Have to Have Been a Refugee Yourself Excerpted from Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France by Moriz ScheyerI know that I will provoke the criticism in some… Moriz Scheyer September 29, 2016
Interview Interview: Dina Gold with Maron L. WaxmanAmid its account of the legal battle to recover ownership — or at least the recognition of ownership — of the building at Krausenstrasse… Maron L. Waxman March 22, 2016
Essay Max Wisen’s Tailor Shop Christoph Kreutzmüller is the author of Final Sale in Berlin: The Destruction of Jewish Commercial Activity 1930 – 1945, a history of the German foreclosure of… Christoph Kreutzmüller March 11, 2016
Essay Adding Dimension to the Online Database of Jewish Businesses in Berlin Christoph Kreutzmüller is the author of Final Sale in Berlin: The Destruction of Jewish Commercial Activity 1930 – 1945, a history of the German foreclosure of… Christoph Kreutzmüller March 10, 2016
Nonfiction Final Sale in Berlin: The Destruction of Jewish Commercial Activity 1930 – 1945 Christoph Kreutzmüller
Essay Passing the Buck, Berlin Style Earlier this week, Dina Gold chronicled a difficult encounter at her first author event for Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice at Krausenstrasse… Dina Gold October 14, 2015
Nonfiction Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman’s Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany Marie Jalowicz Simon
Interview Interview: Joseph Kanon by Elise CooperLeaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon is a gripping historical thriller. The book’s plot takes place in Berlin four years after the end of World War II.… Elise Cooper August 11, 2015
Nonfiction The Consuming Temple: Jews, Department Stores, and the Consumer Revolution in Germany, 1880 – 1940 Paul Lerner
Essay At the Heart of It Barbara Stark-Nemon is the author of the recently published novel Even in Darkness. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe… Barbara Stark-Nemon April 13, 2015
