Revolt Against Silence - The Case 104338

by Hermann Joseph, Barbara Boehringer (Translator)

Overview

By Barbara Boehringer This book contains the fascinating and exciting story of one of many of Hitler's political opponents. It is a stark reminder of what total dictatorship can do - a system in which the prisoners became Hitler's unwilling executers. The author, tattooed with the prisoner's number 104338, wrote down his memoirs while he was in custody after WW 2. He had been accused of his function as concentration camp elder but had been acquitted according to testimonies from fellow prisoners. He describes with astonishing accuracy how his incarceration in Auschwitz and sub camps unfolded. Hermann Joseph was arrested as a suspect assassin of Hitler in the Buergerbraeu Cellar in Munich. However he was released after an impeccable alibi proving his innocence. As a SPD member (short for Social Democratic Party) a party forbidden in the Third Reich, he worked in the underground, constantly watched by the Gestapo that was waiting for an occasion to arrest him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798890759474
Publisher:	Excel Book Writing
Publication date:	03/14/2025
Pages:	458
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

NICOLA JOSEPH OVERMAN, the author's granddaughter is to thank for the publication of this fascinating book.
The memoirs were originally written down in the German language by the author Hermann Joseph and were offered by him to German publishers several times, but were always rejected.
The question remains unanswered to this day: Was it for political
reasons?
Even Nicola Joseph Overman's attempt to find a German publisher in 1999 was unsuccessful. She then decided with the help of a friend,
Barbara Boehringer, who was initially reluctant to translate the book because of the topic with often stark reality about what happened in the individual concentration camps, but then agreed because she believed in the importance of the historical value of the book. Nicola Joseph Overman was born 1968 in 'Lauf an der Pegnitz, near Nueremberg, Germany. She came to the United States in 1985 as an exchange student to later become a US citizen. For part of her youth she grew up in the grandparents' household, which led to the intimate relationship with the author Hermann Joseph. He influenced her life, encouraged her to follow her dreams: To pursue a career of becoming a veterinarian in the United States, an opportunity she would never have had in Germany. She explains: "I remember asking my grandfather to tell me about his time as political opponent of Hitler and consequently his imprisonment in several concentration camps during WW II. His response came with a muted voice: Read my book and you will understand why it is so difficult for me to talk about it."
Nicola continues: "His book tells the tragic story of a most compassionate and courageous man who took chances of his own survival in helping other prisoners."
HERMANN JOSEPH
TRANSLATED BY BARBARA BOEHRINGER