Book contents
- Living in Two Worlds
- Living in Two Worlds
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The Diaries of Else Behrend-Rosenfeld and Siegfried Rosenfeld, including Else’s Letters to Eva Schmidt
- Epilogue to Else Behrend-Rosenfeld’s Diaries (1963)
- Notes
- QR Codes
- Glossary of Key People
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Places
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 November 2021
- Living in Two Worlds
- Living in Two Worlds
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The Diaries of Else Behrend-Rosenfeld and Siegfried Rosenfeld, including Else’s Letters to Eva Schmidt
- Epilogue to Else Behrend-Rosenfeld’s Diaries (1963)
- Notes
- QR Codes
- Glossary of Key People
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Places
Summary
The story of the Rosenfeld family is at once extraordinary and yet entirely typical of the period. It is a tale of ghettoes, deportations, of certain death and a last-minute reprieve, as well as the grinding misery of exile. Else’s diary recounts her life as a Jewish woman in Germany up to 1944, but this volume offers not only a selection of the letters she penned during this period to Eva Schmidt, a close friend since student days and a key player in Else’s survival, but also an opportunity to listen to interviews with Else herself, recorded in 1963 by the BBC, all in her own voice and words.
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- Living in Two WorldsDiaries of a Jewish Couple in Germany and in Exile, pp. 1 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021