Description |
xviii, 380 pages ; 22 cm |
Note |
First published in English in 1934 by Viking Press. |
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Previous Carroll & Graf edition published in 2001; first Carroll & Graf edition published in 1983. |
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Translation of: Geschwister Oppenheim. |
Contents |
Book I: Yesterday -- Book II: Today -- Book III: Tomorrow. |
Summary |
First published in 1934 but fully imagining the future of Germany over the ensuing years, The Oppermanns tells the compelling story of a remarkable German Jewish family confronted by Hitler's rise to power. The past and future meet in the saga of the Oppermanns, for three generations a family commercially well established in Berlin. In assimilated citizens like them, the emancipated Jew in Germany has become a fact. In a Berlin inhabited by troops in brown shirts, however, the Oppermanns have more to fear than an alien discomfort. For along with the swastikas and fascist salutes come discrimination, deceit, betrayal, and a tragedy that history has proved to be as true as this novel's astonishing, profoundly moving tale. |
Subject |
Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Political fiction.
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Added Author |
Cleugh, James, translator.
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Added Title |
Geschwister Oppenheim. English.
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ISBN |
9781946022332 (paperback) |
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1946022330 (paperback) |
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