Our Only Hope

Eddie's Holocaust Story and the Weisz Family Correspondence

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Keith H. Pickus

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Studies in the Shoah Series

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Our Only Hope is based on correspondence between Eddie Weisz, a German Jew who emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, and his family (father, mother, and brother) who remained behind, first in Berlin and then Prague. Like many German Jewish families, Eddie's parents sent their eldest child to America hoping that he could pave the way for the rest of the family to follow. The story is a deeply personal account of how the Nazi phenomenon affected a single family. It gives voice to victims of the Holocaust, people whose experiences are typically told through the eyes of survivors and perpetrators. Through this narrative, Our Only Hope illuminates an ironic and tragic dualism: the steady deterioration of life's circumstances for the Weisz family that is left behind, countered by the transformation of Eddie Weisz into an independent adult and American citizen.

Author Biography:

Keith H. Pickus is the Associate Provost at Wichita State University and an Associate Professor of German and Jewish history. He has published Constructing Modern Identities: Jewish University Students in Germany, 1815–1914 (Wayne State University Press, 1999), essays on Jewish identity, and a series of articles on Jewish and Catholic communities in 19th century Germany.

Release date Australia

February 27th, 2008

Author

Keith H. Pickus

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General (US: Trade)

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Edited by Zev Garber

Pages

112

Series

Studies in the Shoah Series

Dimensions

154x230x10

ISBN-13

9780761839200

Product ID

5324553

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