Bitter Prerequisites: A Faculty for Survival from Nazi Terror

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A dozen Purdue University Jewish faculty members-10 men and 2 women-who were forced to flee their homes in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary during the Holocaust, tell their stories in a series of interviews conducted by Kleine-Ahlbrandt, a history professor at Purdue and the author of The Burden of Victory: France, Britain and the Enforcement of the Versailles Peace, 1919-1925 (1995). Some of the refugees were unable to escape and survived through hiding and subterfuge or endured the camps. The interviewees, some speaking out for the first time after more than half a century, often found it difficult to recall painful experiences. They discussed the problems of ...

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A dozen Purdue University Jewish faculty members-10 men and 2 women-who were forced to flee their homes in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary during the Holocaust, tell their stories in a series of interviews conducted by Kleine-Ahlbrandt, a history professor at Purdue and the author of The Burden of Victory: France, Britain and the Enforcement of the Versailles Peace, 1919-1925 (1995). Some of the refugees were unable to escape and survived through hiding and subterfuge or endured the camps. The interviewees, some speaking out for the first time after more than half a century, often found it difficult to recall painful experiences. They discussed the problems of growing up Jewish, especially after the enactment of anti-Jewish legislation; the importance of religion, God, and traditions in their lives; and adjusting to life in the U.S., where finding employment was just one of many obstacles. The author complements the interviews with commentary for readers unfamiliar with the history of World War 1.

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This text originated when historian Kleine-Ahlbrandt took an oral history of his colleagues on the Purdue University faculty who were refugee survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, more than 50 years after those events took place. Twelve of their stories are presented here. Kleine-Ahlbrandt's introduction provides some historical background on the Third Reich's anti-Jewish legislation, progressing to an all out pogrom which prompted many Jewish people, including those in this study, to flee to America. The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
For Walter Hirsch, escaping Hitler's wrath was more adventure than vital necessity. Hirsch, a young Jewish boy in 1933 Stuttgart, had "always wanted to go to America...always wanted to be a cowboy." His dream of traveling across the Atlantic was realized when he and his entire family quickly left Germany just as the early strains of virulent anti-Semitism began to show.

However, it was not the wish fulfillment he had envisioned. Thrown into a new culture, Hirsch was forced to find a new life and began to squelch the horrid memories of his childhood. He believed that "those who had not been through similar trauma would not understand or even be interested," in his story.

It is incredibly fortunate that William Kleine-Ahlbrandt was interested and chose to compile, in Bitter Prerequisites, the oral histories of twelve of his fellow Purdue professors, including Hirsch, who fled to America during Hitler's Third Reich. The interviews are highly personal and illuminate how "life as it is lived is fluid and not easy to compartmentalize." Each contributor is from a different locale, economic status, and "degree" of Jewish heritage. As the laws became stricter and the anti-Semitism more acceptable, it became apparent that any Jewish ancestry was a certain death sentence.

The experiences range from innocence lost: Joseph Haberer arriving at his school the day after Kristallnacht (the November 1938 burning and looting of Jewish synagogues and Jewish owned businesses) only to be rapidly removed and sent on the Kindertransport; to tragedy: Michael Golomb losing track of his parents as they were transported to Chelmo, a killing center northwest of Lodz.

Kleine-Ahlbrandt teaches history at Purdue University and has written several other books about Europe during the World Wars. This collection is straightforward and detailed. Even though Kleine-Ahlbrandt supports each interview with historical background information, it's as if the reader is privy to twelve diaries that are the secret, sometimes humorous, and certainly painful stories of survival despite incredible odds. (February)

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  • ISBN-13: 9781557532145
  • Publisher: Purdue University Press
  • Publication date: 2/1/2001
  • Pages: 479
  • Product dimensions: 6.25 (w) x 9.28 (h) x 1.27 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction 1
Pt. 1 Germany
1 The Manner of Belonging 17
2 The Process of Exile 55
3 A European War Becomes a World War 111
4 Reestablishing Roots 156
Pt. 2 Austria
5 Imperial Twilight 213
6 The Anschluss 242
7 A Determination to Succeed 284
Pt. 3 Czechoslovakia and Poland and Hungary
8 The Exploitation of Weakness 307
9 Within Hitler's Empire 336
10 A Time for Renewal 383
Pt. 4 The United States
11 A Sense of Service 429
12 Two Kinds of Time 446
Epilogue 469
Selected Bibliography 473

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