Women of Exile: German-Jewish Autobiographies Since 1933

by Andreas Lixl-Purcell

Lixl-Purcell . . . has chosen twenty-six from the hundreds of unpublished memoirs he researched. They are arranged in three sections--Persecution and Displacement, Exile and War, and Exile in Hindsight. Much of the power of their stories lies in their matter-of-fact and straightforward telling of their fears, narrow escapes, sorrows, and triumphs. There are narratives describing women's social, cultural and political networks before and after immigration,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313259216
• ISBN13: 9780313259210
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"