A Political Family

The Kuczynskis, Fascism, Espionage and The Cold War

By:

John Green

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics

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The Kuczynskis were a German-Jewish family of active anti-fascists who worked assiduously to combat the rise of Nazism before and during the course of the Second World War. This book focuses on the family of Robert and his wife Berta – both born two decades before the end of the nineteenth century – and their six children, five of whom became communists and one who worked as a Soviet agent. The parents, and later their children, rejected and rebelled against their comfortable bourgeois heritage and devoted their lives to the overthrow of privilege and class society. They chose to do this in a Germany that was rapidly moving in the opposite direction. With the rise of German nationalism and then Hitler fascism, the family was confronted with stark choices and, as a result of making these choices, suffered persecution and exile. Revealing how these experiences shaped their outlook and perception of events, this book documents the story of the Kuczynskis for the first time in the English language and is a fascinating biographical portrait of a unique and radical family.

Author Biography:

John Green is a journalist and author who has written several political biographies. His particular area of interest is the history of East Germany.

Release date Australia

March 13th, 2017

Author

John Green

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Illustrations

1 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

356

Series

Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics

ISBN-13

9781138232327

Product ID

26418680

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