They Were Good Germans Once: A Memoir: My Jewish Émigré Family

by Evelyn Toynton

Book Overview

In these essays, Toynton remembers her ?migr? relatives, some of whom left Germany as soon as Hitler came to power, others only escaped later.

While Evelyn Toynton's father became a hard-working, civic-minded American, with a great sense of obligation to his suburban community, her uncle never stopped feeling like an exile in the US; as soon after World War II as he could, he began making trips back to Germany. The women in her family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1953002560
• ISBN13: 9781953002563
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Delphinium Books