Edition |
First United States edition. |
Description |
xi, 366 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Note |
"Shortly before her death in 1998, her son, Hermann Simon, director of the New Synagogue Berlin, Centrum Judaicum Foundation, recorded Marie [Jalowicz Simon] telling her story. Underground in Berlin was put together by the author Irene Stratenwerth and Hermann Simon from those tapes"--Jacket. |
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Includes index. |
Contents |
Prologue, 1942 -- I was to learn to assert myself : childhood and youth in Berlin -- Alone in the icy wastes : forced labor for Siemens -- A rainbow of unimaginable beauty : attempts at flight ; going to ground -- The enemy is doing all this to us : the first winter in hiding -- I was the girl without a name : after 1943, something like a normal life -- I didn't have to surrender : the war is over. |
Summary |
Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who vanished into the city and lived under an assumed identity, relying on safe houses, foreign workers, and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin. |
Language |
Translation of: Untergetaucht : eine junge Frau überlebt in Berlin, 1940-1945. |
Subject |
Simon, Marie, 1922-1998.
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Jewish women -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- Berlin.
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National socialism -- Germany -- Berlin.
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Simon, Marie, 1922-1998. (OCoLC)fst01929081
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Jewish women. (OCoLC)fst00983062
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Jews -- Persecutions.
(OCoLC)fst00983322
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National socialism. (OCoLC)fst01033761
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Germany -- Berlin.
(OCoLC)fst01204829
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Simon, Marie, 1922-1998.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Added Author |
Stratenwerth, Irene.
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Simon, Hermann, 1949-
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Added Title |
Untergetaucht. English
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ISBN |
9780316382090 (hardcover) |
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0316382094 (hardcover) |
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