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- Requiem for a German Past: A Boyhood among the Nazis
- Book
- 1999
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
Jurgen Herbst’s account of growing up in Nazi Germany from 1928 to 1948 is a boy’s experience of anti-Semitism and militarism from the inside. Herbst was a middle-class boy in a Lutheran family that saw value in Prussian military ideals and a mythic German past. His memoir is a compelling, understated tale of moral awakening.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- p. xi
- 1. In My Father’s House
- pp. 3-26
- 2. Discovering Social Class
- pp. 27-47
- 3. Wolfenbüttel’s Große Schule
- pp. 48-66
- 4. Kristallnacht
- pp. 67-80
- 5. Boy Soldier
- pp. 81-100
- 6. Assignment East
- pp. 101-117
- 7. St. Mary’s Tower
- pp. 118-127
- 8. The War at Home
- pp. 128-140
- 9. Etzel’s Tale
- pp. 141-152
- 10. Death Enters
- pp. 153-161
- 11. The Choice
- pp. 162-172
- 12. Baptism by Fire
- pp. 173-184
- 13. In Battle
- pp. 185-193
- 14. Farewell to Arms
- pp. 194-204
- 16. The Search
- pp. 215-221
- 17. Requiem
- pp. 222-230
- Appendix: Commencement Address, June 15,1996
- pp. 231-234
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299164133
Related ISBN(s)
9780299164102, 9780299164140
MARC Record
OCLC
290525732
Pages
250
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2002
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