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A Jewish-German Life
This is a (slightly fictionalized) biography of William (Willy) Katz (1895-1988). He describes growing up in a village near Kassel, Germany, and his service in the German Army in World War I. In the 1930's he went from a respected war veteran to an inmate of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Fortunately, he was able to escape to Australia and became a Rabbi in Sydney. An overall theme is his encounters with anti-Semitism. Although written as an exchange of letters and conversations with his Christian friend Karl, it does read as a lecture. However, the chapter on 1935-1939 is very personal, even emotional, expressing his disappointment at the German people for not opposing the Nazis, although this was often from fear for their own lives.
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This work has been claimed by Mordechai Ben-Ari.
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Keywords
- History
- History / Jewish
- History / Military
- History / Military / World War I
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